By Robert Scucci
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When the term “studio interference” is pronounced, it is sure to say that any film has succumbed to the whims of its executive suzerains will be an insult to the original vision of its creator. For Trey Parker and Matt Stone, they saw the decline they received from Paramount as the challenge of a life while working on South Park: larger, longer and not cut Because they thought that their series was going to end without ceremony after his first seasons, and decided that they did not want to go quietly in the right night without doing things shamelessly in their own terms.
Facing new studio challenges at each stage of the process, Parker and Stone have found and worked through a flaw in the system by taking the notes they have received to mitigate some of the most risky sequences South Park: larger, longer and not cut A much more profane and tasteless film than the original script could have dreamed of being if they were simply allowed to do what they wanted to do in the first place.
Double blasphemy
In the comment track for Southern park: Larger, longer and not cutTrey Parker speaks so how to ease the censors, he would reject with something worse that would somehow do the final cup. The most notable sequence that results from this back and forth between the creators of the show and Primordial involved a scene in which Liane Cartman is seen with a full -fledged German scat film in place of a scene that implicit that she copied with a horse.
The original scene, as written for South Park: larger, longer and not cutinvolved an off -screen exchange where the public would have heard neighbors and other sounds suggesting that Cartman’s mother is enthusiastically committed to an equestrian. The updated scene, which made the last theatrical cut, in fact, shows What is happening on the screen, which the censors must have thought: “Fécal fetish films are very good for any reason”.
A joke that crossed the heads of the studio leaders is the title of the film itself. Since Paramount thought that the original title, South Park: All hell is unleashedwould be a detriment of returns from the film’s box office, Parker and Stone decided to go with Larger, longer and not cutwhich is an understatement for the type of male who has not carried out some procedure on their private parts when they were young.
A few weeks after the title we know was launched, the Southern park The creators received a call from the managers of the studio about the double hearing that they did not notice at the beginning, to which they replied: “Sorry, we already had 10,000 printed posters to promote the film.”
To the behind the scenes
South Park: larger, longer and not cut has also been subjected to a number of launchers from the studio, such as Kid Rock interprets a rap coverage of “Kyle’s Mom’s Ab * tch”. Desperately trying to avoid having a Kid Rock song to hinder their inheritance, they refused this request and rather recorded a folk punk version of “What would Brian Botano do?”, Completed with a clip with a representation of the legend of figure skating eating chicken wings to a break in heavy metal, in its favor.
Promotion South Park: larger, longer and not cut Was another arduous test that culminated in Matt Stone flying the version of Paramount of the theatrical trailer – with needle gags and a wacky voice that he and Trey Parker hated absolutely – and hiding him in the trunk of his car for a long weekend.
After being informed by their lawyer that he had to return the property of Paramount because he had just ordered a crime, Stone reluctantly made the film wrapped in the studio.
Having lost the battle on physical property that he did not want to see the light of day, the war was won by the Southern park Creators because they managed to convince the studio not to move forward with the project unless they can use the trailer they have created themselves.
Glued to their arms, and the rest is history
Trey Parker And Matt Stone sincerely believed that South Park: larger, longer and not cut was going to be their swan song before vanishing in darkness, and consequently fought tooth-and-nail to ensure that their vision was fully achieved.
This mentality nothing to disrupt did not serve them well because the film was a massive success, generating more than $ 83 million in income compared to its declared production budget of $ 21 million.
By remaining faithful to them Southern park The creators have published a film which they can say are proud, and thanks to their desire to push the envelope has transformed their flagship series into Juggernaut which is just as relevant today as never.
