South Park And Stereotypes

Introduction
I’m sure most of you have seen South Park; and I’m sure some of you like it, and some of you don’t. Those of you who don’t probably see South Park and other works by Trey Parker and Matt Stone as vulgar and inappropriate for television. I used to be one of those people, until I actually watched it without a bias towards it. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, I think, are very talented film and cartoon creators. They package real and current issues into an accessible and contemporary form; they have a very up front, in your face attitude about most of the issues they cover, which catches peoples attention, especially teens and young adults; and they cover issues most other shows won’t; such as the episode where Mr. Garrison turns
Trey Parker and Matt Stone met in college and have been creating films and shows ever since. Their first episode of South Park was just a Christmas special, and then a couple years later they started the show. The two of them together, make an awesome creating team. They cover many current issues in the world today, they even send their episodes to their broadcasting network via satellite the day of airing, so that if something happens, they can cover it for their upcoming episode. They have covered thins ranging from scientology and the passion of Christ, to sex changes and gay rights. They tend to show both sides of the issue as well, whether is the parents vs. the kids or Carman vs. Kyle; and even though the kids are only in 4th grade, they are smarter than their parents most of the
They will have South Park episodes on things other shows won’t go in depth on; things like sex change and scientology and gay rights and god. This, I think, is good, it gives teens and young adults an outlet and makes you thinks. One of the episodes that really shows an issue today is called ‘Douche and Turd’; it’s about the school’s mascot. PETA demonstrates against the use of a cow as the school’s mascot, thus they have to choose a new one. Cartman wants a turd sandwich, whereas Kyle wants a giant douche. To the naked eye, you’d think “How inappropriate!”; but the real message of the episode is how most elections, you have to choose between a bad candidate and a worse candidate. Normally, a teen wouldn’t watch something about elections, but they will watch a South Park that is. This gets them information, in a way that they will pay attention