
Now, the Village Voice is reporting that the Church of Scientology attempted to investigate Parker and Stone after a controversial 2005 episode of “South Park” titled “Trapped in a Closet.” The Emmy-nominated episode, airing on Comedy Central, satirized such figures as Scientology founder L. At the other end, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints publicly took a positive approach to this year’s Broadway premiere of Parker and Stone’s Tony-winning musical, “The Book of Mormon.”


At one end, they received an online death threat last year from a now-imprisoned Islamic extremist. “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are accustomed to prompting responses to their religious satire. From “South Park’s” 2005 “Trapped in a Closet” episode.
