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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:26 PM
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Thoughts on South Park Occupy show (Cartman 1%)
Every reviewer is saying the same thing, never has Matt and Trey been so direct and so obvious
in what they were trying to say, some people here call them Libertarians, but there is no doubt,
they are the so far to the right so much party of the republican party, they make Beck look like
Michael Moore.

The whole point they were trying to make, is that the protesters dont want to blame a Black President
for the worlds trouble so they pick on the 1%.

I watched the whole episode with my mouth open and to think I use to be a huge fan of the show.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:27 PM
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1. I found the whole thing nonsensical and incoherent. n/t
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:28 PM
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2. libertarians tend to be that way
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:30 PM
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4. I was waiting for it to be brought together
and it wasn't
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 06:32 PM
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22. They slap together each episode in just 6 days now. What do you expect?
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:29 PM
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3. Actually that was a joke through the show
Cartman is a horrible bigot, just like the tea party, notice he had a "tea party" with his stuffed animals, and I've heard tea baggers say similar things, that we are picking on the rich because we don't want to blame our own people, who they claim are really responsible for all the worlds troubles.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:31 PM
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5. They write some of the worst shit I've ever seen in a cartoon.
I wonder if one of them takes a huge crap, then examines the lines and texture for next weeks episode plot. They are hit and miss and when they miss, it is painful to watch. Of course their favorite things are farting and shitting...so what can one expect?
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:38 PM
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8. How do you think they came up with Mr. Hanky?
They've been juvenile, poorly thought-out nonsense since the show debuted. If they are funny at all, it's because they've thought of a new way to present "ca-ca, wee-wee, poo-poo".
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DirkGently Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:31 PM
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6. Haven't seen it, but that wouldn't surprise me. They lost me after the Afghanistan episode
Edited on Fri Nov-04-11 06:32 PM by DirkGently
... where they 1) pretended the protests against Iraq were about Afghanistan, then 2) whined about "can't we all just root for the same team / go Cows!"

Then there was something about how Atheists eat their poop, and how the whole point of hybrids was to be "smug." Just weird.

Only a show, of course, but they really seemed to start stretching to push some of their sillier views at some point. Just not that funny any more, really.
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white_wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:32 PM
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7. The only person who mentioned not blaming a black president was Cartman.
Carman is and always has been a horrible bigot and is pretty much hated by the other kids in South Park.
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Union Scribe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 06:39 PM
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9. No, that was Cartman's argument, and Cartman is nuckin futs. nt
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mwrguy Donating Member (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 07:25 PM
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10. They've always been right-wing apologists
Look at how badly they've demonized heroes like Michael Moore and Sean Penn.
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rugger1869 Donating Member (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 11:24 PM
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13. Heroes?!
That's quite an overstatement....
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banned from Kos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 11:41 PM
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16. oh, for fucks sake - they pissed on Mel Gibson more than anyone
and his shitty anti-Semitic movie.

They fuck up Muslims, Catholics and Mormons equally.

They are GREAT Americans in the Twain tradition (not in his league though).
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 08:12 PM
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11. I disagree. They use Cartman as the representative of the idiot teabaggers.
They didn't denigrate the OWS at all. They just incorporated the popularity of the movement into the show
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 11:04 PM
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12. Cartman was having tea parties
Since the show and way before the tea bagger movement started.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 05:50 PM
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18. I know,
He still represents their point of view in this particular episode.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 07:05 PM
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24. "Quick! Let's do something about Occupy Wall Street! We only have SIX DAYS! RELEASE THE MANATEES!"


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greyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 11:32 PM
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14. You should hear some of the right-wing stuff spewed on The Colbert Report! nt
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 11:42 PM
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17. I get that!
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 11:40 PM
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15. I thought it was a weak episode
I really don't think Parker and Stone put much effort into this one. I think they wanted to do an episode about Cartman giving up his toys and at the last minute, decided to wrap that story within an OWS frame in order to jive with the show's "current events" schtick.
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 05:55 PM
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19. I was hoping for more, honestly.
have to admit it, but I was sad that they didn't do more with the topic. There have been some brilliant episodes of SP- but IMHO, this wasn't one...
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 06:05 PM
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20. last time those guys made me laugh was "Bigger, Longer & Uncut"
they've spent years being way overrated by pseudo-hipsters.

Good news is, "Beavis and Butthead" is coming back. Now Mike Judge, HE is fucking FUNNY.
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Capitalocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 06:20 PM
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21. I think they see themselves as equal opportunity critics
Like the episode where they basically said all the teahadists were just mad because their penises were small.

And I haven't seen the episode yet, but the clip I saw on Fox News today was that there were just two people protesting and a mass of camera crews and media there to cover it. That would've made sense if they were talking about the Tea Party, but for the Occupy movement, which has massive support and participation and had to earn its mainstream media coverage (all negative), they were way off the mark on this one.
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 06:36 PM
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23. If it's any consolation, I don't think they're going to be able to syndicate any recent seasons
in the past several years. It's gotten too raunchy for the broadcast channels that currently air old episodes.
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