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So what do you think of south park?
axerton:
Up until this latest (latest for me in Australia) season it was good. I've only seen a few episodes of the latest season and they've all been random and stupid (cartman freezing himself and waking up in the future just to get a Wii is a prime example.)
StaedlerMars:
That's the second to last season. This season has been brilliant episode after episode (the one with the lice is kind of a let down, as well as the latest one). Imaginationland was brilliant.
But yeah, I've only started liking it recently. Before, I didn't really get the point.
Then I realized that it was all some kind of joke.
Cartilage Head:
The show has recently been struggling in my eye. I am a big fan of seasons 7 through 9. However, recently they have focused too much on satire and not enough on creating new, funny material.
KvP:
South Park for me has always been funnier in concept than in execution. I'll hear a plot outline and think "hey, I bet that's really funny!" and then I'll watch it and while I recognize the relative cleverness of some of the humor, I don't laugh, because it's not really all that... funny. Last episode I actually laughed at was the Trapped in the Closet episode, of course.
I did laugh at Team America. Parker and Stone were originally pursuing music in university, and the songs they write are often great.
I really don't get the whole "South Park Republican" thing. I don't know why you'd want to code "libertarian", and I don't know how much credit to give to South Park as far as the upsurge in libertarianism amongst the young (I'd probably attribute it to backlash against white male guilt). It figures that Andrew Sullivan would coin the term. But I suppose I'm "biased", being the stalwart statist that I am.
Alex C:
I really enjoy South Park... sometimes. It's a remarkably inconsistent show and I truly hated the early years. Randy Marsh, however, is inexplicably hilarious to me.
As for the term "South Park Republican" and Libertarianism, I think the better question is why wouldn't you want to code Libertarian? Remember that to the average American there's really only two types of highly visible Libertarians out there: boring private property policy wonks who just might be atheists and the guys who just might be atheists and really wish there were more weed and guns to pass around. It renders a lot of discussion pretty shrill and pointless right from the get go.
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