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South Park frequently tackles controversial political issues, racism, gay rights, the environment,...
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South Park frequently tackles controversial political issues, racism, gay rights, the environment, disability, censorship, and religion. The show typically lampoons extremist views on issues and points out hypocrisy or illogical proofs of a belief. South Park is politically incorrect in its humor, treating no subject as taboo and no individual person immune from criticism. The short production time on episodes allow Matt Stone and Trey Parker to address current events with great timeliness.
Parker and Stone are apparently critical of political correctness and satirize it by contrasting the child and adult's public personae. Whenever a sensitive issue is explored or a crisis occurs, it is expected that all the adults in South Park will overreact, whilst the children will act calm and collected (albeit sometimes giving off the impression that they "don't care") about it while finding a way to deal with the absurdity that ensues. Examples of this can be seen in episodes such as Child Abduction Is Not Funny, Smug Alert! and Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow. Stan or Kyle would typically take on the voice of reason during the resolution of a political dispute, for example, in the
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Jul 28, 2007
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Jul 28, 2007
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