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So what do you think of south park?

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Tom:
I've decided I don't like South Park, who else doesn't like it?

tommydski:
I think they are excellent at satire overall. Especially in the later series.

However, I feel uncomfortable with the whole South Park Republican mind-set they have inadvertently spawned. It does make me uncomfortable that their targets now seem to be left-leaning and I can't help wonder whether their merciless lampooning of anti-war celebrities isn't insidious. I don't see enough criticism of the powers that be in America (or indeed on a world wide scale) in South Park and far too much skewering of those who are actively trying to establish a dialogue regarding a morally bankrupt administration responsible for death, terror, espionage and global catastrophe.

Having said that, I understand that true satire can't afford sacred cows. I just can't help but shake the notion that their abject hatred of liberalism in becoming more prevalent than their alleged disgust for the excesses of the right-wing.

Emaline:
I really hate South Park. I always have, and will probably always continue.

Felix_:
I think that it's exactly what it is supposed to be: entertaining. And that is all.

Dimmukane:

--- Quote from: tommydski on 20 Nov 2007, 23:37 ---I think they are excellent at satire overall. Especially in the later series.

However, I feel uncomfortable with the whole South Park Republican mind-set they have inadvertently spawned. It does make me uncomfortable that their targets now seem to be left-leaning and I can't help wonder whether their merciless lampooning of anti-war celebrities isn't insidious. I don't see enough criticism of the powers that be in America (or indeed on a world wide scale) in South Park and far too much skewering of those who are actively trying to establish a dialogue regarding a morally bankrupt administration responsible for death, terror, espionage and global catastrophe.

Having said that, I understand that true satire can't afford sacred cows. I just can't help but shake the notion that their abject hatred of liberalism in becoming more prevalent than their alleged disgust for the excesses of the right-wing.

--- End quote ---

I pretty much agree with this statement.  Now though, I find the better episodes are the ones ripping  more on popular culture than on politics.  The Trapped in the Closet episode always gets me.

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