TV
'South Park' sees Queen suicide
Published Friday, Mar 30 2007, 10:13 BST | By Dave West
The latest episode of South Park has prompted shock with a scene showing The Queen blowing her brains out.
The controversial episode sees the monarch kill herself after being told a British plot to take over the United States has gone wrong. She shoots herself in the mouth and falls off her throne.
It was shown on US television on Wednesday and has already provoked a reaction from some British newspapers.
"The cartoon series that has pushed the bounds of taste for a decade, has perhaps produced its most spectacularly offensive episode yet," said the Daily Mail. "Certainly Her Majesty is unlikely to be amused by a programme that shows her blowing her brains out."
Elsewhere, The Sun called the episode South Park's "sickest point yet".
It follows anger at episodes on the 9/11 attacks, the war in Iraq and the death of crocodile hunter Steve Irwin.
The controversial episode sees the monarch kill herself after being told a British plot to take over the United States has gone wrong. She shoots herself in the mouth and falls off her throne.
It was shown on US television on Wednesday and has already provoked a reaction from some British newspapers.
"The cartoon series that has pushed the bounds of taste for a decade, has perhaps produced its most spectacularly offensive episode yet," said the Daily Mail. "Certainly Her Majesty is unlikely to be amused by a programme that shows her blowing her brains out."
Elsewhere, The Sun called the episode South Park's "sickest point yet".
It follows anger at episodes on the 9/11 attacks, the war in Iraq and the death of crocodile hunter Steve Irwin.
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