AND it's not even done well often enough.
On Gaming Era there's a thread where the OP was expressing their opinion about the lack of diversity in an upcoming sci-fi game. Unsurprisingly, some people got defensive about the issue being raised stating they don't see what the big deal is or gushing about the cast and ignoring the issue entirely. Those that really wanted to argue died on the hill of white victimization and somehow THIS was said in a gaming thread
Which refers to the season premiere episode where Cartman convinces himself that Token won't let him cheat off him on tests because Cartman said he didn't like Black Panther. So his section of the episode is basically a list of Black Panther criticisms and Cartman not being able to fathom that one, not every single black person saw Black Panther and two that we didn't all get together for black people Black Panther conversations.
Overlooking the fact that Black Panther was used multiple times in that thread as an example of reverse racism and poor diversity, seriously get your shit together gaming Era, how do you as viewer of a show miss the point of that section of the episode THAT much? It wasn't really funny and it was recycled outline from previous seasons, but the main takeaway is, Cartman is a racist and Black Panther makes for semi topical discussion.
And this brought me back to when I really watched South Park in high school. And don't get me wrong, I do like the show and think it's brilliant when they hit their mark, but when they miss, I feel like end up having to pay for it personally.
Sure, they push boundaries. The idea is that it is okay to make fun of everything, nothing is off limits. And I agree with that sentiment, somewhat, but it's on you as a creator to make sure your joke is more funny than it is offensive and you need to actually say something of worth when making that joke, otherwise you're just joking about a shitty thing, which I feel South Park doesn't more often than it does.
Cartman many times doesn't even feel like a satirization of anything, he's just that shitty kid we all knew in school. And him and Randy just serve as an outlet to make shitty unPC jokes without much purpose. And I feel like this show just enabled a bunch of people to say shitty things growing up with the defense of, well South Park says I can make fun of everything and if you don't like it, YOU'RE too sensitive.
I mean, how many jew and token jokes did we all hear growing up that were pretty much air lifted from the show with none of the supposed context. For example, the Michael Richards episode with Stan's dad. Funny on paper and I get that the joke is, now, but past that, it's just a bunch of white people saying the N word with a hard R. And guess what was being quoted in school the next day. So I'm there wondering if anyone got the point of that episode?
I have a similar issue with the Chapelle Show, but I blame that more on the audience that missed to the point than the writing itself since he at least he contextualized each skit before showing it.
And the point of that Black Panther tangent at the start is, the people that watch these shows and develop those kind of attitudes are the shit heels we have to deal with when trying to have conversations about diversity.
On Gaming Era there's a thread where the OP was expressing their opinion about the lack of diversity in an upcoming sci-fi game. Unsurprisingly, some people got defensive about the issue being raised stating they don't see what the big deal is or gushing about the cast and ignoring the issue entirely. Those that really wanted to argue died on the hill of white victimization and somehow THIS was said in a gaming thread
Which refers to the season premiere episode where Cartman convinces himself that Token won't let him cheat off him on tests because Cartman said he didn't like Black Panther. So his section of the episode is basically a list of Black Panther criticisms and Cartman not being able to fathom that one, not every single black person saw Black Panther and two that we didn't all get together for black people Black Panther conversations.
Overlooking the fact that Black Panther was used multiple times in that thread as an example of reverse racism and poor diversity, seriously get your shit together gaming Era, how do you as viewer of a show miss the point of that section of the episode THAT much? It wasn't really funny and it was recycled outline from previous seasons, but the main takeaway is, Cartman is a racist and Black Panther makes for semi topical discussion.
And this brought me back to when I really watched South Park in high school. And don't get me wrong, I do like the show and think it's brilliant when they hit their mark, but when they miss, I feel like end up having to pay for it personally.
Sure, they push boundaries. The idea is that it is okay to make fun of everything, nothing is off limits. And I agree with that sentiment, somewhat, but it's on you as a creator to make sure your joke is more funny than it is offensive and you need to actually say something of worth when making that joke, otherwise you're just joking about a shitty thing, which I feel South Park doesn't more often than it does.
Cartman many times doesn't even feel like a satirization of anything, he's just that shitty kid we all knew in school. And him and Randy just serve as an outlet to make shitty unPC jokes without much purpose. And I feel like this show just enabled a bunch of people to say shitty things growing up with the defense of, well South Park says I can make fun of everything and if you don't like it, YOU'RE too sensitive.
I mean, how many jew and token jokes did we all hear growing up that were pretty much air lifted from the show with none of the supposed context. For example, the Michael Richards episode with Stan's dad. Funny on paper and I get that the joke is, now, but past that, it's just a bunch of white people saying the N word with a hard R. And guess what was being quoted in school the next day. So I'm there wondering if anyone got the point of that episode?
I have a similar issue with the Chapelle Show, but I blame that more on the audience that missed to the point than the writing itself since he at least he contextualized each skit before showing it.
And the point of that Black Panther tangent at the start is, the people that watch these shows and develop those kind of attitudes are the shit heels we have to deal with when trying to have conversations about diversity.
