It’s a Randy episode? This I will have to see, it’s been a few years.
South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in China”
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're also a big proponent of bothsideism. For some topics that makes sense (because there are two legitimate or legitimately absurd sides). For other topics it just pollutes discourse by elevating an illegitimate side.
"I like the style when it fits my beliefs, but this comedy show is polluting discourse when I disagree with it"
also see comments on The Onion articles
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#33I'm amazed at how South Park after 23 seasons can make me laugh out loud repeatedly while combining classic south parkisms with hilarious satire of current events. I'm a big south park fan and these 2 episodes so far have been on point.
Trey and Matt manage to stay relevant in ways that other shows can't. I appreciate their work.
I think a lot of it has to do with their control of the brand and subsequently the distribution, which they even acknowledged in the most recent episode. Stan was writing a movie script while a Chinese govt official was looking over his shoulder and scratching out work that he didn't approve of and eventually shredded the paper, which Stan responded with "Now I know how all the writers in Hollywood feel."
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#34Please explain like I'm five. What's the social status of SP in the USA? E.g. what do Chomsky, Obama, Trump, Chelsea Clinton, Fox news think about it? How come there are no rage firings because of it?
People are used to it and don't care about it anymore.
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#35I'm not a South Park fan, but that ban got my interested so I watched the episode (Yeah, that episode is banned in China and few "reposter"s has been warned for posting South Park related contents). Few days ago, a guy been sent to jail for 7 days because he was complaining the National Day military parade, saying something like "A civilized nation turn machine into soldier; a rouge nation turn soldier into machine".…
What are you saying? What is your point?
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#36Please explain like I'm five. What's the social status of SP in the USA? E.g. what do Chomsky, Obama, Trump, Chelsea Clinton, Fox news think about it? How come there are no rage firings because of it?
People are used to it and don't care about it anymore.
But what do they feel? What Trump and Obama feel about SP? For example, in Russia everybody would (hypothetically) laugh their asses out, but the creators would be promptly sued, because reasons, and won't proceed.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're also a big proponent of bothsideism. For some topics that makes sense (because there are two legitimate or legitimately absurd sides). For other topics it just pollutes discourse by elevating an illegitimate side.
"I like the style when it fits my beliefs, but this comedy show is polluting discourse when I disagree with it"
Or this is how you get the creators apologizing through the characters -for almost half an episode- of being so stupid of equating climate change with a half man, half bear, half pig creature.
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#38Please explain like I'm five. What's the social status of SP in the USA? E.g. what do Chomsky, Obama, Trump, Chelsea Clinton, Fox news think about it? How come there are no rage firings because of it?
Everyone realizes it's counterproductive to overreact to any particular SP parody.
Most people recognize SP as libertarian in general orientation, with a slight liberal bias.
Neither Obama nor Trump has spent a second in office thinking about its portrayal of them.
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#39i wonder if China has copied SP and if so how they would portray the USA. Has anything been made like this? And is it just as funny?
I don't know think the PRC guys have much of a sense of humor. But the Taiwanese animators are hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4G3lPPWm6qtoWtRk4vyGwg
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not saying they don't have a political leaning, but they often focus their energy and 22 minutes on showing just how wildly absurd a situation is. For me, that's a big ingredient in why they've stayed so entertaining.
They're also a big proponent of bothsideism. For some topics that makes sense (because there are two legitimate or legitimately absurd sides). For other topics it just pollutes discourse by elevating an illegitimate side.
“pollutes discourse by elevating an illegitimate side”-- What if they don't consider it being illegitimate?
I don't think "bothsideism" exist, the act itself is just a cover up for political opinions. What the accusation of "bothsideism" is actually saying is "you are actually not neutral, but biased". But SP never claimed to be a political neutral medium. It is just some opinionated comedy series that some people enjoys.