South Park hitting the nail on the f*cking head, as of late

Fukuyama

I've been a big fan of the show since I was a kid. It definitely had some low points - I stopped watching a few years back - but they're back on form.

The new season has been entirely devoted to taking the pis5 out of the "PC Brigade" and the kind of terminology they use. They've dealt with bullying non-PC people into shutting up, taken the piss out of "Shaming" and fat acceptance, "privilege", "safe spaces" online (aka Tumblr), Caitlin Jenner, mocked corporate PC initiatives and generally just been absolutely spot on.

They turn a lot of hyper-PC logic right back around and have fun with it.

South Park have always been very daring. They got famous by just being rude but I think the show has matured and now actually takes a stand on a lot of issues. Their core market is white American males who by now are sick of constantly being cast as the all oppressing villains.

I'm seeing more of this kind of stuff in Ireland/UK. We're a more accepting society than ever before (Marriage Referendum being the most recent highlight of this) yet you'd think we were a fascist state. Companies being forced to remove items, politicians being forced to apologise after misspeaking, people afraid to say anything that doesn't adhere to strict PC lines. I even spoke to a chap doing a masters in Equality in UCD (friend of a friend of a friend) and it was bewildering. This PC nonsense is the air he breathes.

I'm glad at least on mainstream production can dismantle this kind of malarkey in a hilarious yet intelligent manner. Anyone else been watching it?

Check Your Privilege

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZDK_LG9DuU

You PC Bro?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCdkqP2GwWo

Cartman's "Safe Space - Bully Proof Windows, Troll Proof Doors":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXQkXXBqj_U

DEFTLEFTHAND

They're on record as saying they'll call a halt to it if the network tries to interfere with the creative process or put restrictions on them.

I like it because it's so topical and current, they don't rattle off 12 episodes and put them in the can, they write and produce it on a week to week basis.

Kermit.de.frog

I used to like South Park when I was, like, 14. Then I grew up.

Now I just think it's infantile, cheap, bull**** designed to appeal to lesser beings.

Anyway...

Turtyturd

I like that lesser beings take it at face value and are unable to comprehend the points it makes.

pablomakaveli

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I used to like South Park when I was, like, 14. Then I grew up.

Now I just think it's infantile, cheap, bull**** designed to appeal to lesser beings.

Anyway...

Oooh the edginess in this one.

On the surface of it yes its childish and silly but its been brilliant for its cutting satire and not holding back on even sensitive topics. They take the piss out of everyone as well. No ones ever safe from South Park.

justchecked

Saw the safe space one last night - youre right its gotten funnier recently and quite smart.

One bit had me chuckling - wont spolier it, but it involved big lights and a photo.

Its right that they mock some of the sht thats going on out there.

Theres been so much hopping on every contrived pc trend bandwagon that it eventually had to break.
Even stating established facts has led to accusations of being the bad guy, historically such suppression leads to supreme piss taking.

mikeym

Some fans arent happy with the PC episodes but South Park is evolving.

Looking forward to the new South Park game coming out soon.

Fukuyama

mikeym wrote: »

Some fans arent happy with the PC episodes but South Park is evolving.

Looking forward to the new South Park game coming out soon.

I think the show is shedding its "loser" fans it had a few seasons ago (like the World of Warcraft episode) and trying to spread out to a wider audience. The last few seasons have been blasting topical news stories and often making more succinct points than the journalists/analysts covering them.

Definitely evolving and remaining fresh. I'd be shocked if it didn't get renewed for another few years at least.

Am really enjoying this season.

c_man

Dónal wrote: »

Am really enjoying this season.

Absolutely. Definitely on form, it's nice having the continuity between episodes.

ngcxt6

Kind of sad that people are legitimately letting a cartoon influence their political beliefs.

DrumSteve

ngcxt6 wrote: »

Kind of sad that people are legitimately letting a cartoon influence their political beliefs.

Why does the medium matter if the message makes sense?

kupus

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Oooh the edginess in this one.

On the surface of it yes its childish and silly but its been brilliant for its cutting satire and not holding back on even sensitive topics. They take the piss out of everyone as well. No ones ever safe from South Park.

And thats the way it should be. long live timmy.

end of the road

pc doesn't exist. its a myth made up by god knows who, as something to blame for the fact that obviously their views and ideals failed and no longer have any relevance. now its become a term used to throw into some little rant by people thinking they are being derogatory or edgy by using it. dispite what people think, this country and its people haven't a clue what its like to actually be afraid to say something. companies remove things by choice, they can always stand over it. politicians saying they are sorry for something they say if they get a bad reaction is of their own choice, they can always stand over it if they actually feel strongly about it.

Diabhal Beag

South Park is actually pretty ****. Watched them do a 20 minute episode where they retreat 5 times to a meh charity ad joke. It's legitimately as bad as The Simpsons is now.

_Kaiser_

ngcxt6 wrote: »

Kind of sad that people are legitimately letting a cartoon influence their political beliefs.

As opposed to attention/validation-seeking nonsense on the likes of Facebook or Twitter for example?

RWCNT

The show has defo been hit and miss but its classic episodes are up there with some of the best telly ever for me. The episode where Cartman starts a basketball league with crack babies is unreal.

Massive yawn at the typical AH PC shyte talk though.

Robsweezie

Triggered.

Azalea

This stuff like "shaming", while I agree a lot of the time with it being lampooned, is pretty easy target stuff in fairness.

I don't agree with the OP that you'd think Ireland is a fascist state either - that's a pretty strange assessment!

jimgoose

end of the road wrote: »

pc doesn't exist...

I agree, as it happens. You don't hear about all this cis-trans-shame-bollocks in the real world, only from teenage girls and what appear to be escaped psychiatric patients on Ye Book Of Faeces and in academia.

Badly Drunk Boy

ngcxt6 wrote: »

Kind of sad that people are legitimately letting a cartoon influence their political beliefs.

Political cartoons have been around for centuries. Have you ever read a newspaper?

Hans Bricks

end of the road wrote: »

pc doesn't exist. its a myth made up by god knows who, as something to blame for the fact that obviously their views and ideals failed and no longer have any relevance. now its become a term used to throw into some little rant by people thinking they are being derogatory or edgy by using it. dispite what people think, this country and its people haven't a clue what its like to actually be afraid to say something. companies remove things by choice, they can always stand over it. politicians saying they are sorry for something they say if they get a bad reaction is of their own choice, they can always stand over it if they actually feel strongly about it.

And yet they have dedicated an entire season to parodying the very topic on south park ....

How did I know you would repeat this stubborn nonsense when the opportunity presented itself ?

pmasterson95

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I used to like South Park when I was, like, 14. Then I grew up.

Now I just think it's infantile, cheap, bull**** designed to appeal to lesser beings.

Anyway...

What age were you when you evolved into this homosuperior and leave us mere mortals behind?

Cuban Pete

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

As opposed to attention/validation-seeking nonsense on the likes of Facebook or Twitter for example?

The only choices are South Park or Facebook/Twitter?

NachoBusiness

I wanna see a Simpsons where they start to get older.

Bart as a visiting rights father, Homer as a gambling addicted grandfather, Lisa as the madam of a local brothel.. stuff like that.

stunmer

end of the road wrote: »

pc doesn't exist.

Well it's in the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary

:rolleyes:

osarusan

Fukuyama wrote: »

We're a more accepting society than ever before (Marriage Referendum being the most recent highlight of this) yet you'd think we were a fascist state.

Nobody would think we were in a fascist state at all, unless they really had a desire to feel persecuted.

Vision of Disorder

ngcxt6 wrote: »

Kind of sad that people are legitimately letting a cartoon influence their political beliefs.

What does Mick Wallace have to do with any of this?

OhDearyMe

The only time I hear terms such as Fat Shaming, Pc Brigade, Safe Space or Check your Privilige is in After Hours. Meanwhile in the real world that's not the the world of American academia....


This is just another example of cultural colonism - taking on America's problems as if they were our own.

It's taking the piss out of a hysterical culture that I'm not familiar with. I'd say lay off the social media if it's upsetting you too much.

tritium

ngcxt6 wrote: »

Kind of sad that people are legitimately letting a cartoon influence their political beliefs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editorial_cartoon

Quite right, never has happened before.......

Carlo Ancelotti

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I used to like South Park when I was, like, 14. Then I grew up.

Now I just think it's infantile, cheap, bull**** designed to appeal to lesser beings.

Anyway...

It's the 'Late Late' all the way now is it ?

Carlo Ancelotti

The Simpson up to around the mid nineties was some of the best tv ever. They kept it going waaay too long though
Those early shows can be watched over and over and still be good

silverharp

I just saw the safe space episode, very funny , the supermarket charity "shaming" was a hoot.

speedboatchase

end of the road wrote: »

pc doesn't exist. its a myth made up by god knows who, as something to blame for the fact that obviously their views and ideals failed and no longer have any relevance. now its become a term used to throw into some little rant by people thinking they are being derogatory or edgy by using it. dispite what people think, this country and its people haven't a clue what its like to actually be afraid to say something. companies remove things by choice, they can always stand over it. politicians saying they are sorry for something they say if they get a bad reaction is of their own choice, they can always stand over it if they actually feel strongly about it.

Jeez, trigger warning next time