Stereotypes in South Park

Stereotypes in South Park

Most of people think south park is about making fun of people, toilet humor and vulgarity, but for me is more than just that, there were lessons to be learned in each episode and they talked about issues that were popular in society at the time.

Because of the harsh language found in South Park, people find it hard to recognize the deeper meanings in each episode. Instead of promoting positivity, they believe that South Park promotes stereotypes, discredits important figures in our society, uses bad language for an animated series, and ridicules religions. Because of these reasons, some believe South Park is not appropriate for television and should be taken off the air. Despite these reasons of opposition, there are many reasons why South Park should remain on TV, but i think South Park is appropriate for television because it actually ridicules stereotypes, discredits bad morals, teaches valuable lessons, and exposes people to different religious beliefs.

I think one of the reason why South Park is acceptable on television is because it ridicules stereotypes in American culture,  this show displays American stereotypes in extreme and satirical examples to show how ridiculous they really are.

Another reason why South Park has value on television is because it exposes people to different religious beliefs and lets them decide how they feel about them. If there is anything that causes the most controversy on South Park, it is they way they depict religions. This, like every other aspect of South Park, is demonstrated satirically, but in the end always verbalizes an important message.

What do you think about South Park? Does South Park have the deep message I think or it is only vulgarity and toilet humor?

Here it is a short clip of south park and their museum of tolerance.

                                                                                                       By Luis Salgado Reyes