December 24, 2004

Iranian Inclusiveness

 by Jeremy

In what European negotiators are describing as a good faith effort by the Iranian Mullahs to increase multi-cultural sensitivity, next year's controversial "Ramadan Television Theater" broadcast will be sanitized to remove content that some are calling divisive.

This year's Ramadan broadcast featured the Syrian-produced TV series "Al-Shatat" (The Diaspora), a dramatization of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" in which, among many other edgy scenes, a Christian boy's throat is slit on the orders of a rabbi so his blood can be baked into Passover matzos.

"This is bleeding edge broadcasting" a spokesman for the Hezbollah Channel said. "Did you notice the way the camera shakes while the zionists slaughter the Christian child? It's sort of like your American crime-drama verite. Nevertheless, we understand the concerns and we respect where the Iranian government is coming from with the reform they have requested."

Next year's broadcast of Al-Shatat, a spokesman for the Iranian Mullahs has promised, will be referred to as "The Winter Festival Television Theater," dropping the controversial use of the word "Ramadan" altogether.

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Gee, what swell guys! Really gotta admire the way they're bending over backwards not to offend the more culturally sensitive among us...

Posted by: Pete (Alois) at December 28, 2004 05:26 PM

It's good to know that they care, isn't it?

Sorry about the script error in the comments. I'll have to do some debugging. It also didn't auto-notify via email that a comment had come in -- it's supposed to do that. I must fix!

Posted by: Jeremy Brown at December 29, 2004 05:08 PM

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