Did South Park Go To Far ?
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I totally agree. If you don't like people being made fun of, then South Park is not the show for you. I find there are worse shows on that take it further than South Park.
Children aren't encouraged to watch South Park due to language and explicite material.
All I'm saying is, in South Park, when people die, they go to Hell. (Kenny, Princess Diana, Hitler, Ghandi, George Burns . . . they died and they went to Hell.)
Of course the priests weren't in Hell, they weren't dead.
so if your dad was a celebrity then, you would be okay with that? I'm really not trying to pick a fight here (you know I love you!). I just don't understand why being a celebrity makes it okay to treat you like you don't matter. Its one thing to make fun of anyone while they are alive (we all do that!) But to mock someones death, celebrity or not is just heartless. Again, IMO.
When you're a celebrity, please be prepared to take anything that comes your way. If my dad was famous, and died a horrible death, I would expect it would happen some time. Since there is an amendment that us, as citizen's, have the right to freedom of speech, reguardless if it's tasteless or not, they can say what they want, and I have no say. For instance, the Tom Cruise in the closet episode. He wanted it taken off the air, but becuase of free speech, it still airs.
I just had a thought . . . and bear with me, but maybe that exchange with Steve Irwin and Satan is their own twisted way of telling people that it would be tasteless to do something like that for Halloween this year?
Satan's minion: Satan we have ha problem, one of the guests has turned up in a crocodile hunter costume, and it's really offending some of the other guests!
Satan: Oh jeez. Erm, er dude the whole crocodile hunter thing, it's just not cool. He like only died a few weeks ago! You're gonna have to go.
Satan's minion: Satan we have ha problem, one of the guests has turned up in a crocodile hunter costume, and it's really offending some of the other guests!
Satan: Oh jeez. Erm, er dude the whole crocodile hunter thing, it's just not cool. He like only died a few weeks ago! You're gonna have to go.
Yes we do have freedom of speech. But the issue here was not if South Park should be censored (of course it shouldn't) but whether or not they went too far. With freedom of speech comes responsibility and accountability. For example, if I announce that I want to kill someone, I better be prepared for the backlash and consequences that go with it. So it is with this show. They want to upset people and they are good at it. The heart of the matter is that they don't care about upsetting anyone. How can we have a peaceful world ever with this kind of give a crap attitude toward their fellow human? Its contradictory.
I didn't mean to offend you or your husband, allison, I just think it's a little too soon to be doing that, is all.
I don't think you could compare the Tom Cruise In The Closet episode (which was funny) to Steve Irwin At The Halloween Party episode.
He was in more tasteless episodes than this one (the halicost (sp?) episode). He only left because he didn't like the Tom Cruise episode poking fun at his religion.
can i ask what defines going "too far"? where is that line drawn? something may be offensive to some, and not others...
listen, trey and matt have a weird sense of humor. if you listen to the commentary on their dvd's, they're just like a bunch of little boys. that's it. they've made killer money making fun of celebs- so why should this episode be any different?
take it with a grain of salt. and if you don't like it, don't watch it and support them. easy as that.
listen, trey and matt have a weird sense of humor. if you listen to the commentary on their dvd's, they're just like a bunch of little boys. that's it. they've made killer money making fun of celebs- so why should this episode be any different?
take it with a grain of salt. and if you don't like it, don't watch it and support them. easy as that.