Tuesday, March 31, 2009

South Park

I give South Park a lot of credit for being consistently funny as it enters its 13th season (which means they have more quality seasons than The Simpsons). Yes, SP had a few rough patches and the occasional episodes are either too wacky, too weird, or just bad. But it's satirical and brilliant in all its glorious skewering of people, ideologies, culture, you name it.

It's interesting that SP has fallen off public radar, more or less. Yes, it still rakes controversy but not as much as before. Now, the only viewers who tune in most often are SP fans, and no matter how much we may bite our fists as we exclaims, "Damn!! That was crazy!" we would never complain that the show is too raunchy or demeaning or off-base. It's SP. That is what they do - they provoke, for good or bad.

Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman are the same boys we met when they were animated with construction paper instead of CG. They've gotten into wilder situations, but their core remains. You have to give a lot of credit to Trey Parker for keeping the guidelines intact yet allowing them to evolve.

Am I trying to wax philosophical about these boys? Nah. I'm just bored and have no clue what to talk about. Go!

(Left: Damian) And don't you dare even try to compare the smart humor of SP to crap like Family Guy...

Don't you ever, ever compare me to Family Guy, you hear me Kyle? Compare me to Family Guy again, and, so help me, I will kill you where you stand! Do you have any idea what it's like? Everywhere I go: "Hey Cartman you must like Family Guy, right?" "Hey, your sense of humor reminds me of Family Guy, Cartman!" I am nothing like Family Guy! When I make jokes, they are inherent to a story! Deep situational and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a point, not just one random interchangeable joke after another!

—Eric Cartman, Cartoon Wars Part I
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