Monday, November 29, 2010

A South Park Parade after 9/11

What I took away from the article was that South Park can sometimes be allusive and/or responsive to political activism that disrupts the discourse of America. South Park can be looked at deeper in a radically progressive and critically teaching texts. Baudrillard suggests that being witty is breaking a law of discourse and instead works through instant gratification that deconstructs of the dominant code. South Park does this by making lots of jokes that are racists and out of line to make a point about a dominant message or category in the show. South Park portrays the U.S. as white, which could be misleading dominant influence of cultural production. South Park focus is media and portrayal of reality but limits the conclusion of those realities. The events of the show are understood and the subjects become interrupted to become critiques. Once 9/11 happened the show was not in season, but once it was it was able to avoid gain of emotional distance and critical events. The South Park 9/11 episodes were not always narrated to talk about the issue. They would show images or have one-line quotes to make a point. The show relies on humor to mask fear and make jokes that are exchanged quickly back and forth about 9/11's "war on terror." The episode does not advocate the war on terror it just offers a different look about 9/11. For example, the Muslims did not hate the U.S., but once they invaded and started bombing Iraq that is when it became a problem for the Muslims. "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants," goes through the allusive and responsive politics that disrupt the dominant around 9/11 in order to suggest a ontology. "A Ladder to Heaven," puts blast on responsive techniques of 9/11 and it reacts to the power that has made and guided interpretations. "I'm a Little Bit Country," does not discuss the war on terror.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzf2G2iHYY8

i think you're gonn ahave to copy and paste the link cause it took too long to upload it. I think it's a good commentary on why they did the episode.

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