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Kristi Noem Slams ‘South Park’ as ‘Petty’ After Show Mocks Her for Plastic Surgery and Makeup: ‘It’s Always the Liberals’ Who ‘Make Fun of Women for How They Look’ (variety.com)

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Kristi Noem, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, appeared on Glenn Beck’s radio show and slammed “South Park” as “so lazy” and “petty” after she became the Comedy Central series’ latest target.

“It never ends, but it’s so lazy to constantly make fun of women for how they look,” Noem told Beck about the episode, while also acknowledging she did not watch it because she was “going over budget numbers and stuff.”

“It’s always the liberals and the extremists who do that,” Noem added. “If they wanted to criticize my job, go ahead and do that, but clearly they can’t, they just pick something petty like that.”

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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Maybe, but Cartman has kinda always been portrayed as evil and an ass. He's generally the butt of the joke, not the moral guide of the series.

Kyle and Stan are usually the mouthpieces for Trey and Matt. In the classic formula, Kyle would walk out at the end of the episode and say, "You know, I've learned something..." and then just tell you the moral of the story.

South Park used to be the boogeyman that parents would point to as "ruining kids." I think there's some truth to that. It can ruin your kid if they have absolutely no media literacy and just watch it because they think Cartman's funny (but if they already were on Cartman's side, who ruined who?)

There are plenty of viewers like that (see: the "South Park is woke now" crowd), and Cartman has been pretty much just a piece of shit since day 1.

I'm optimistic about this character arc for Cartman, because they're basically just making it as undeniable as possible that he revels in being a piece of shit. If Cartman sees everyone becoming like him as a bad thing, that will be more effective messaging toward the people that only watch for Cartman.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

because they’re basically just making it as undeniable as possible that he revels in being a piece of shit

You'd think that forcing a kid to unknowingly eat his parents' remains, then licking his tears; smiling at a video of the 3rd reich (which was supposed to make him learn that nazism was bad) and dressing as hitler; yelling "FUCK JESUS!" in front a christian crowd just because he lost a bet, there would already be loads of undeniable proof of how much Cartman's a piece of shit (lovable as a character, terrible as a real human)

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You'd think so, but Cartman never thinks he's a piece of shit for that.

Him basically saying, "Hey, these guys are dickheads, that's my thing," specifically calling people that imitiate him out as trash, is a little more on the nose imo.

Again, I'm talking about targeting an audience with no media literacy. The ones that think South Park is funny because Cartman is funny.