Numerous television shows satirize controversial topics in today’s society. Some of the topics include religion, celebrities, and current events. These topics can be found in the popular show South Park. South Park is a show that follows the life of four young boys: Kyle Broflovski, Stan Marsh, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick. Kyle and Stan are good friends and are level headed characters that represent the creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Eric is an obese, self-centered bigot. He often rivals with Kyle and devises plans to acquire money. Kenny comes from a poor family, which is often joked about in the show. He wears an orange hoodie that covers most of his face and muffles his voice. Kenny also used to be killed off quite often by …show more content…
South Park also satirizes current events. The part with Osama Bin Laden can be seen as mocking the tragic events on 9/11. With Matt and Trey’s history they are most likely targeting the terrorists and their methods of attacking us. At the end of the episode Osama Bin Laden is seen receiving an award for saving the country but then soldiers drop down and assassinate him. This could be seen as a method for showing that the creators do not support the terrorist activities and aren’t mocking the tragedy. Saddam Hussein also makes an appearance several times in the show, one of which in the episode “Ladder to Heaven.” He shows up toward the end of the episode. Saddam is seen producing weapons of mass destruction in heaven disguising it as a chocolate chip factory. God questions him about it but he lies to him saying he isn’t building weapons. Originally in South Park Saddam was sent to hell after he died but he was so evil he enjoyed it there. Satan and God made a deal to have him sent to heaven as a punishment. These show how evil Saddam Hussein is and illustrates that he won’t give up until revenge is acquired. South Park confronts the issue of the Japanese whaling industry in the episode “Whaling Whores.” At the beginning Stan is at the Denver aquarium with his family swimming with the bottle nosed dolphins. The Japanese suddenly show up harpooning the dolphins. It continues to show them attack other aquariums. This scene criticizes both sides. It ridicules the Japanese for their attacking of the marine mammals. The Japanese are put down because our American culture disapproves of the hunting of the animals. The other side criticizes the Americans for holding the marine mammals in captivity. It shows that Americans holding them in captivity can be as bad as the Japanese hunting them. After the attack, Stan wants to do something so he
Deriving from the Dutch word “karton” and the Italian word “cartone,” a cartoon is “ a form of two dimensional illustrated visual art” (toonsmag). A cartoon can typically range from being a child’s pastime to going as far as confronting the socioeconomic and political issues in a country. People known as editorial cartoonists draw these cartoons, often called political or editorial cartoons, using tools such as hyperbole, artistic proficiency, and satire in order to poke fun at and inform the public about a certain issue. One famous editorial cartoonist who is known for his cartoonist is Gary Markstein. “The Iraq Surge”, one of Markstein’s lesser-known works, and the “Five years in Iraq” both deal with the Iraq War. The Iraq war was an invasion
"No one is born a racist bigot. In other words, racial bigotry or racial prejudice is not genetically or
He is a towering 6'3, has wildly curly hair, stunning blue eyes, and is one of the world's most respected comedic actors. Who is it? It's Will Ferrell! The star of many hit comedies, including Old School, Anchorman, Elf, and Talladega Nights,Will has been making people laugh ever since his 7-year run on Saturday Night Live. Unfortunately, when he first started on the show, people looked to him as being one of the most annoying cast members in the history of the show. His career almost seemed like a joke! However, Will went on to overcome his negative self-image in the world of comedy by surprisingly becoming a hit on SNL, making box-office topping movies, and using “funnies” to tune the youth into political issues.
These days, people think that cursing and making fun of people of other races is funny and that is just what The Chapelle Show does. The show comes on every Wednesday night at nine-thirty central time on comedy central with other discriminating shows such as South Park. South Park is a good example of racial discrimination because the only black character on there is a cook for a school. Boy that is one hell of a job. Chapelle tops them all though with skits such as The Racial Draft. In this skit he makes fun of every race there is.
South Park is an animated TV series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, which first aired on Comedy Central in 1997. The show features four boys Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick. South Park has been seen as one of the most controversial shows due to its raunchy humor and obscene depiction of characters in the show. South Park deals with many current issues in the news surrounding anything from in politics to religion. In dealing with these issues South Park involves adult comedy that parodies current issues going on in the United States and around the world. South Park also uses many other rhetorical deceives, such as
Television provides an avenue for which we can analyze people, cultures, and more. My favorite show is Family Guy. The show often pokes fun at either social norms or popular trends occurring in current society. Its humor is supported by the relationship of a talking baby named Stewie, and a talking dog named Brian who live in Rhode Island. Through out the many seasons of Family Guy, the viewer can see through a sociological perspective how all three common theories in sociology are used on Stewie and Brian.
President George W. Bush use of symbolic strategies is admirable, regardless of one’s beliefs with politics. With his crucial tone combined with anaphoras and pathos, Bush created a speech that was inspiring and provoking. Looking back at everything, it is apparent that Bush used his successful speech as a stepping stone to go into Afghanistan, and then later Iraq. Bush’s 9/11 speech will go down in history and nobody will ever forget about this tragic, horrendous event that shocked our country worldwide.
“Oh my God, they killed Kenny!” South Park is an adult cartoon that circles around the abnormal life of four boys living in Colorado. This hilarious animated television series strives to be the most controversial show on air. The series has been on air since August 13, 1997 and while the show seems ridiculous, it is commonly known for incorporating high and low culture within the show. South Park has been known to take current issues from today’s society and convert them into a more simplified version while transforming it into satire.
Kyle Broflovski, Stan Marsh, and Kenny McCormick, who attend South Park Elementary School in South Park, Colorado. While much of the humor in South Park is scatological in nature, the show is well known for its political satire. That is, “no matter how nasty and scatological [South Park] gets, it’s never just dumb and dumber. Besides all the bathroom humor, the show is built on clever, equal-opportunity satire” (Johnson-Woods 25).
I chose to analyze the sitcom That 70’s Show, a show that follows the lives of a group of teenage friends: Jackie, Donna, Hyde, Kelso, Eric, and Fez. The show addresses several social issues of the 1970s, including: sexism, sexual attitudes, drug use, politics, and the recession. I selected certain episodes from Season One based on their titles and descriptions; ones I thought may deal with sexism more in-depth than other episodes.
Dick Cavett, a famous American talk show host, once said, “Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.” Censorship limits free speech, and it is used constantly today. In South Park’s situation, the writers use logic and evidence to express their opinions on controversial issues, and people think that it should be censored. Just because the show uses morally questionable techniques, does not mean that it is useless. In fact, South Park has taught people a lot; it changes our point of view and encourages us to think deeply about the issues at hand while simultaneously making us laugh. For people unfamiliar with South Park, it is an animated comedy television which airs on Comedy Central. The show revolves around four children living in a small Colorado town and their adventures. South Park has received harsh criticism for its profanity, violence, and offensiveness, but these claims are exaggerated and outweighed by South Park's use of satirical comedy which educates its audience about current events and moral values.
Tracy Morgan, the actor for Saturday Night Live, admits that he has no memory of the car accident that nearly ended his life. He says that he does not remember any of it. The only thing that Morgan does remember would be waking up blind from his coma. Morgan has seen a wonderful comeback after recovering from the accident that killed his mentor and friend James McNair. After the accident, doctors told Morgan's wife that they were not sure if he would ever come out of the coma.
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When studying the black diaspora within the United States, the story typically starts with the classic slave narratives including those of Frederick Douglass and Mary Price and ends with the affirmative action decisions of the late 1990s. History tells the story of an internal racial identity struggle through the institutions of slavery and oppression, resistance and rebellion, cultural reawakening and civil rights which evokes the question: what does it mean to be African American? Aaron McGruder’s animated series The Boondocks creates a context to consider the question of what it means to be an African American today and discusses the institutions that are now molding the African American identity. McGruder criticizes the idea of a black monolithic identity through the use of hyper-exaggerated stereotypes and a medium typically reserved for children to make satirical commentary. This disintegration of the idea of a homogenous black diaspora identity opens the door for conversations of race and identity to be had in a wider context.