My question to you guys here is :
Do you like watching South Park? If not, why?
I understand that the jokes in it can rub a lot of people the wrong way especially when they make fun of religious groups, race and current day first world problems.
Personally I’ve enjoyed the show ever since I watched earlier seasons on DVD years ago. I just find the humor and some of the moments give you that shock kind of laughter “They really put that in there??”
So what’s your view? Do you watch it? Do you hate it? You thought of watching it?
Let me know!
I’ve been watching it the day it came out in 1997 and while it had it’s ups and downs, the show still mostly holds up today. And even the brand new stuff still sometimes makes you go “They really put that in there??” which I think just shows how brilliant the show is.
Love it. One example that springs to mind is calling out the NCAA.
“‘Student Ath-uh-letes’? Haha, that is brilliant, sir.”
The “both sides are cartoonish idiots” take got a bit old once I was no longer an edgy middle schooler
I hardly watch TV. I’ve seen some episodes over the years, and it’s not for me. I don’t hate it, but it just feels like someone trying to be edgy. It might be that I’m from Europe, so I can’t really relate to a lot of stuff going on.
The first seasons were great, good to re-watch. But it’s like they kind of gave up since season 10 or so. The characters, topics and the humor are all different now.
I disagree with you, but I’m upvoting anyway, because it’s refreshing to see preference for something else than the seasons “everyone” likes.
Huh for me the first few seasons can be rough to rewatch, but the later seasons are great.
Now that’s a rare take. Usually the first 2 seasons are regarded as the worst and have very childish humour compared to later ones.
Season 10 is pretty much the start of peak South Park. It had the Cartoon Wars two parter and the iconic Warcraft episode. Also introduced ManBearPig and the “Nice” meme …
I think my least favourite season would be the 20th which is the whole Garrison as Trump story line. They really wrote themselves into a couple of corners with that one. Though the troll-trace subplot is amazing.
I know a bunch of people who lost interest over time around the same time as me, it’s when they had this season-long storyline. Not sure which season it was.
The kids act too adult now, Chef disappeared, other common characters are rarely there anymore or changed completely (Garrison turned into Trump?), then the weed stuff / Tegrity, Warcraft – all not that great IMO.
Well… Chef didn’t really disappear per sé…
That’s an interesting story to read about if you don’t already know
I thought it was silly stupid fun when i was a teen
In my 20s i thought it was genius
In my 30s I think its “both sides are stupid” approach to everything is annoying and an immature stance in a world where one side is shit and one side is super mega ultra shit.
remind me in 7 years to tell you about totally different way i feel about it in my 40s.
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South Park is brilliant and was ahead of its time when it first came around.
(You should change your title to be the question)
I personally love it. It’s not the cleanest of humor, but it’s just a pure satire of our society, and I love it. The show has changed as it’s aged, it goes up and down, but I love how they’re not afraid to call out bullshit we put up with. Season… 22 how every scene starting on the school had gunshots and children screaming? Hilarious to me, because it’s so ridiculous how we just put up with school shootings. It’s outrageous, and it’s meant to offend, and idk I just appreciate it.
When everyone else is trying to appease corporate committees and shareholders, Southpark just says fuck it and writes what they want.
When everyone else is trying to appease corporate committees and shareholders
Counterpoint: The money South Park makes by pissing people off directly impacts Comedy Centrals profits. It’s in Comedy Central’s best interest to have South Park be offensive, because attention and engagement is more important in the modern world than whether or not people actually like something. Capital doesn’t give a damn about how they appease corporate committees and shareholders, as long as money is being made: South Park makes money hand-over-fist being offensive. There’s literally been an unending stream of copycat “offensive adult animation” ever since South Park hit the air. They’re emphatically not sticking it to the man. They are the man.
South Park is almost 30 years old. They are the industry. They are still around because they make money. If they actually offended the sensibilities of corporate committees and shareholders, they wouldn’t still be on the fucking air. Both Matt and Trey individually have wealth valued at well over half a billion dollars. Add them both together and you have a billionaire. But sure, they’re still somehow “subversive” with money coming out their fucking ears.
Which I would say is a position they have lucked themselves into honestly. We all know, the viewers, that the more risky you are as a show the more captivating it can be, which I think southpark proves. They took a lot of risks, and got themselves into this spot where it’d be ridiculous of CC to get rid of them now because they are a cash cow. New shows however, corporations never connect the dots and tell them things are too risky, to take the safer more bland route, and of course they are shocked when they don’t do as well.
There’s literally a stream of cartoons with intent to offend as many people as possible. They’re all trash, but let me see how many I can look up real quick starting with dumb shit like Brickleberry or Paradise PD.
Like, literally being as offensive as possible is the entire fucking schtick of Adam Corrolla’s Mr. Birchum, which just came out.
Honestly, the ones that are try-hard offensive fucking fail miserably. There’s a lot of them. Stop pretending that taking risks is all it takes. You also actually have to have a pulse on social issues, which the South Park creators simply no longer do. People can be offensive and not funny. In fact, it’s way easier to just be offensive than it is to be offensive and funny. Most only succeed at being offensive.
Companies want content that enrages people because they know that people get more involved with content they hate than content they love. They absolutely pour money into South Park copycats that try to go “anti-woke.”
A travesty we aren’t getting more seasons of Paradise PD and Farzar.
Eh, it’s ok. I think I kinda got burnt out on South Park in college.
Yup. Although I have no clue what it’s release schedule is these days.
I think it’s 6 episodes and 2 specials a year now. The first one already dropped this year. “The End of Obesity”.
They had an Ozempic special as of late
I used to like it a lot… As a kid… As I’ve grown it seems more focused on being incredibly in the middle than ever actually making any sort of point…
Matt Stone and Trey Parker are just so incredibly "Enlightened Centrist* that it can be painful at times.
They have some good bits and some of their jokes have rightfully stood the test of time… But God damn… If you’re going to make a political show… Do something other than the most fence sitting thing possible!
i definitely watched it when i was a youngun, but i’m always surprised to hear it’s still running tbh
The early seasons were best. I think because it had more focus on the kids, and they did kid stuff while the ridiculous shit went down around them.
Matt and trey are ridiculously out of touch these days. Rich, a part of the system, can’t write, and are coasting on their earlier successes. They have peaked.
What a couple of losers.
I like it a lot. I thought the anti-vax episode was fuckin hilarious.
Also, “you got cocaine legalized?!” “I told you, it’s 2019, dawg.”
South Park is great. Most people I’ve ever talked to that hate it are conservative.
Which is funny because one of the most famous quotes when it comes to their personal political position is Matt stone with “I hate conservatives but I really fucking hate liberals”.
In the end all they are trying to do is just to be funny. And they nail that, even in the 3rd decade. They are the perfect example of an “equal opportunity offender”.
I tried doing some research into what these people like, and the only thing I found was Roseanne.
I think you’re right, they do (or did) like her. But she got parodied in “The Problem with a Poo” (S22E03).
