corianderstem said:
Yeah ... I'm sorry, but if you think South Park is all juvenile humor and poop jokes, you're not paying attention.
If you don't find it funny, fine. But a lot of their episodes are much more than foul-mouthed little kids or celebrity-trashing.
So to say that "South Park is just made by idiots for idiots" is just silly.
and THAT my friends is the truth.
I hated the show when it first came on, never watched it much until the last 3 years or so. It was a bunch of fart jokes for the sake of fart jokes. Those who didnt look any further probably thought that's all it's ever been.
This show has defintely evolved, they've become increasingly more active on commenting about social and political issues, using two or three clever ideas wrapped around something totally low brow and ridiculous.
Some of that stuff is so subtle you have to look for it.
These guys are very clever. If you think this episode was just about turds and baggin on awards like the Emmy's, it is my opinion that you missed the wit in between the turd jokes.
And I'm sorry, if you are going to make an argument against low brow comedy, leave The Simpsons at the door. In fact, both shows have been on the same page in terms of creativity. The Simpsons is funny (maybe not much anymore) but the safe "HA HA, HEY!! HERE IS THE JOKE!!! RIGHT HERE!!!, DON'T MISS IT!!" and South Park is more subtle than that in between being the furthest thing from subtle.
In any event, if you're gonna bag on South Park for being low brow, think of something mre witty than The Simpsons (which I do like) but the funniest parts of that show are the stupidity of Homer and his buddies, Moe, Barney etc. So they are morons, and the South Park kids like toilet humor. Who is the show still making fairly interesting points in their show and who is mailing it in?
I'd probably never have watched more than two episodes of South Park had I not stumbled into it (again) a few years ago, since then, the Scientology episode, the Mormon episode, there have been probably a dozen classic episodes over the last 3 years.
It's just funny, it's outrageously funny at times.
BTW, The Simpsons U2 episode was atrocious. Just my opinion, y'all.