I don't understand the attractionSmaug says: Ricky Gervais. Lesbian pr0n. Going into a crowded bar, purely because it's crowded. All these things seem to be popular with everybody else, but I just can't work out why. What leaves you cold just as much as it turns everyone else on?
(
Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 14:54)
« Go Back | See The Full Thread
Indeed.Their social commentary is incisive, even-handed and usually right on the money. It's also frequently funny in a clever way - something that many other shows lack, relying entirely on base humour and general inanity instead. Simple comparison: the South Park episode "Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes", and the Family Guy knock-off "Hell Comes To Quahog". South Park did it first, and did it considerably better.
They made brilliant, inspired episodes out of controversial events like the Terry Schiavo debate ("Best Friends Forever") and the 2000 Presidential elections ("Trapper Keeper"). South Park is a tool-kit of characters and settings which Parker and Stone use very effectively to satirise modern society.
It may have started out crudely drawn and relatively simply scripted, but over the years, it's morphed into one of the most cleverly-written shows on television.
(, Mon 19 Oct 2009, 17:34, closed)
« Go Back | See The Full Thread