We don't talk enough about how the stated morals of classic South Park episodes include: - hate crime laws are bad b/c all crimes are hate crimes - schools shouldn't teach sex ed - big businesses are better than small businesses - being colourblind is better than seeing racism
-
-
"Identities" are for non-objective, non-neutral groups whose insistence on being non-objective and non-neutral - that is, not straight white men - is their problem. "Identities" can't understand why laughing at them is funny, because they lack neutrality and objectivity.
Show this thread -
There's more I could say on this, but I'll leave it here for now. I just... get really tired, sometimes, when I think about how much vitriol and bullshit ultimately stems from the unconscious assumption that a particular group shouldn't or can't be criticised.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
And right after you tweeted you were struggling to articulate it concisely, here in the very next tweet, you nailed it right to the wall.pic.twitter.com/ZA9rzZBpZi
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
A tough part of critiquing SP is that, with so many episodes, there's usually a counterpoint where a single episode might have something approaching a humane portrayal of marginalized identity groups or sending up straight white maleness. But it always returns to the default.
-
I think part of this is the quick production time relative to other animated series. An episode takes only 1-3 weeks to produce, but there's a pretty small staff of writers. I think because they write episodes so quickly, they're often reactionary and not well thought out.
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
It did. But that was taught for centuries previously also.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.