„Duh, Southpark wouldn’t get always with this now a days“ Southpark meanwhilejust few years ago: Releases a Game where u set the difficulty with ur skincolour in character creator
Honestly: as a white guy who had to read the part of "N-word Jim" from of mice and men in a very mixed race high school, you HAVE to say it confidently and also I straight up went "Teacher: are you suggesting I read this AS WRITTEN?!?" And looked around at the class. Put the responsibility on the teacher in that scenario and I got away with no ass whooping.
@@spacemanx9595contextually reading it in a book it's not the same as saying it as a slur to a person of color. It's weird to me that this is a struggle for white people to understand.
I do love how they set it up, "people who annoy you" and the black cameraman looking at the puzzle like "WTF?" and then Randy just blurts it out all excitedly because he thought he had the game in the bag! 😂😂😂
He should have gone through all the vowels in his mind first - "noggers, nuggers, nagge-- NAGGERS! It has to be that!" - and not jump to conclusions. Something for all people to learn from.
The funniest part is that nagger was somehow not the first word he thought of. But a slur for black people. Making me question if Randy is actually racist because he'd had to find black people annoying 💀💀💀.
Well to be fair, things only ever change when straight white men get offended. Which isn't right but it is the way it is. Only once straight white men got offended by people's sexism, racism, homophobia, did things start to change for the better.
I'm on the spectrum and I thought the episode Ass Burgers was hilarious! Same for this joke in Cobra Kai: Johnny: Are you one of those challenged kids? Eli: The doctor said I could be on the spectrum. Johnny: I don't know what that is but get off it pronto.
Unfortunately, as the years go by and more people get sucked into all this woke garbage on twitter, people like that are getting farther and fewer in between.
Somehow, Cartmen laughing uncontrollably at the midget was the most wholesome he has ever been. He genuinely had no i'll will towards him, he just couldn't control himself.
I think Cartman crying over his friend dying even after the horrible shit he has done in the past is even more wholesome. There was literally nothing in that situation that would have benefited him yet he still cried because he genuinely cares for his friends, I think he just hates/doesn't know how to show it.
I think one of the other great aspects of this episode that wasn't really highlighted is how Stan keeps trying to "fix" the situation, but every time he does it by _telling_ Token why it should be OK now, but never actually _asking_ Token what he feels would make things better. It's a clear representation of the problem that a lot of people have of coming in from outside and trying to impose their own solutions on a problem, without really attempting to understand or get input from the people who are actually affected by it.
@@sallyjrwjrw6766 because its similar to token thats the point of the character name, surely this is a understandable mistake that did not need correcting.
"Never actually asking Token what he feels would make things better" exactly. I think maybe there's a bit of the "law of the instrument" in that, as everyone thinks they know what works for their own problems, they try to apply that same hammer to other people's problems, even societal problems that are so much more complex. What's funny to me, in a tragic sort of way, is that it really SHOULDN'T be complex, but it's just so hard for humans to abstain from hatred and cultural biases for some bizarre reason. Why can't we all just get along?
@@Twisted_Code Because when you grow up and become wiser you will notice that half of humanity has been lied to and believe the lies, the other half was lied to and took the time to learn.
Fr, it's the whole reason I can't stand Drawn Together especially the movie bc they're just being crass and offensive "bc it's funny" instead of making a point. Worse yet, the creators of that show and movie said that they like and have no ages feelings towards south park after they got cancelled and featuring south park as the main antagonist for their movie was just because they claimed they loved it so much. Nah. It just comes across as bitter. South Park is just a different breed of show and they were bitter about that.
I used this episode for the foundation of a college essay on satire. The creators have just mastered and repeatedly demonstrated the satirical value in their work and have (rightfully imo) maintained that reputation
There’s a trend that I’ve seen in the entertainment industry that I’ve called “the South Park effect” The South Park effect is how when a show is controversial for long enough, the amount of controversy that the show receives goes down. It goes from “Did you hear about the terrible thing they did on South Park?” to “South Park did something offensive again, but what else is new?” and that was probably one of the factors that led to the response that this episode got.
I don't think that's limited to the entertainment industry. It applies to people irl too. Context is key, knowing your audience is key, and having good intentions is key. When you've established that you're not just doing or saying something for the sake of being provocative or causing harm, you're allowed to be a little more edgy. But there has to be a "good" purpose for it and you have to establish some credibility first.
seeing as they had at that point already had an episode where Kyle k*lled Jesus Christ, and Bin Laden dies after being ridiculed, episode where Christopher Reeve eats aborted fetuses to regenerate use of his legs and back... an episode where Cartman k*lls the parents of his bully and makes him eat them in a chilly contest. the N word episode is one of their milder ones.
@@maybefaith23 only offencive if your a black person who gets offended by everything and cant see the funny side of life or your a white twitter user with no life other then be offended
That part where Stan admits he doesn’t understand had a profound effect on me. Sometimes our first instinct is to relate to another person to try and comfort them. But sometimes we really can’t relate, and trying to relate to their experiences with our own can end up feeling like we’re invalidating the experiences of others.
Yep, very poetic and witty. Sometimes, the lesson to take away is that you don't understand a topic/subject. And aren't qualified to speak on such neccasarily.
@@TheSuperappelflapsuffered a stroke and scientologists sent, without his knowledge, a letter on his behalf about not messing with scientology and quitting
Being a black guy in america i support matt and trey. But holy shit its not that deep. People who let words control them are THE problem and should be ignored. Morgan freeman pointed out exactly how to fix this shit and people keep pretending its not the answer
But we can’t just act like things are okay for everyone though. It’s not the word, it’s the implication and history of it. You’re right words shouldn’t control you but when there’s so much baggage attached to that word it’s not so simple
@@danrandlehandle We cant punish people and taking away their careers when some low minded people cant fathom that words can be used in different context. Sure, if someone in a negative way calls someone the n word that is a "fair" treatment but simply saying the nword like randy did in a gameshow where its not directed towards anyone or singing the n word in a song shouldn't do anything. The whole point of black people using the n word is to change its meaning to a positive meaning between those affected yet keeps the negative meaning to those who aren't affected which entirely defeats the point of changing a word. There have been words that in the past was very controversial and negative yet today is no harsher than saying hi, and that's simply because words can and will change. People can and will always interpret spoken / written words different but that is no means to attack someone who used a word in a non negative way.
@@danrandlehandle it's not hard to NOT punish a girl for posting song lyrics. And it's not hard to simply understand how fucking language works and not start attacking someone who cited or sang it in a non malicious way. It's not the right of saying the nword I'm arguing for but the backlash that I'm very against. But that will be very hard when a majority of those people simply wont grasp language and some people want to find a way to be offended.
The only people who have ever gotten offended by South Park are either 1. Too dumb to understand nuance, or 2. Refuse to admit that the joke is about them and they can't admit their part in the problem
I just can't get over all the irony in this premise: everybody's saying the N word in response to Randy saying the N word, and none of them get abused for it because in this case it's deliberate persecution, and that makes it okay. South Park is soooo good at taking things that are crammed down our throat as partisan topics and making them obviously a human problem, not an identity group problem.
@@Skydv2005 In what way? Because I didn't explicitly state that I recognize the most basic and obvious angles before I went for the nuances? The obvious stuff was in the video, man. 😅
Randy (i think that's the lead's name) was also seemingly the only character who didn't want to say it, and knew it was bad, and he made it clear he didn't feel like it was a good idea but in the video it seem's no other character had that restraint. edit: i have been corrected it is randy, not stan.
@@Beowolf-jy5rc I think you might be talking about Randy, the adult? Stan is the kid. Good point. I feel for Randy. Although part of that is probably that I was bullied pretty hard as a kid for being socially awkward and kind of weird, so when I see him surrounded by mockery and scorn for one dumb thing he said/did, I barely even hear the N word. Alls I see is a bunch of people caught up in the trending jerkishness. The bit with Stan and Token was pretty funny, as well. "I need you to understand that you'll never understand. Then I'll feel understood." 😂
Matt and Trey have a talent of pure comedy. They can take the piss out of anything. Their whole stick is “oh really?” South Park will forever be a cultural monolith.
Lol, no, that monolith title will belong to the simpsons. Y'all blindly praise SP for anything you can't see most of its weak writing and how most take away from what's been made.
This is similar to how Blazing Saddles is critically acclaimed as well despite heavy use of racial slurs and racist themes. Both this South Park episode and Blazing Saddles use these themes to make a point about the damage that racism causes in a satirical manor.
Blazing Saddles is a classic Mel Brooks film. Its a comedy, the lead is black, playing a cowboy, and the director is a jew. People loved DiCaprio's performance in Django Unchained too. That movie had 2 black slaves fight to the death for his entertainment.
I think the issue here is that you should not under any circumstances and regardless of who you are use the word nigger when talking about people of obvious African heritage. However, not being able to use the word nigger when talking about why it should not be used and just assume that the phrase "n-word" is know to mean nigger, negro, and other words derived from the Spanish word for black (negro) is infantile censorship. It is like bleeping out curse words, now everyone in the US just use fuck, while the British use a wide variety of more or less creative words. And look and behold. TH-cam asks med to censor my text. "Help us keep comments respectful" by pretending that certain words does not exist.
@@57thorns I'm mostly careful about using it online even within the context stated where there's a risk of repercussions, but I fully agree with you. Telling people so and so said "the n word" sugar coats it and downplays their racism. It doesn't help make a point. Plus you know what I mean, I know what I mean, why pretend? Except when you don't know what I mean because we're referring to a racial slur meant to be offensive AND a word of comradery amongst African Americans that people seem to think is the same word. And then there's "negro" as you mention which is literally not a racial slur, it's just an antiquated term. (I'm curious if TH-cam will give me the same warning for only using that word.) Assuming it's a slur just because it's mostly used by older people is in itself discriminatory. It's all just insane. It's another example of SJW culture making up issues that don't exist that distract from the real issues. (In this case real racism that absolutely exists.)
I can't help but think that Matt & Trey intentionally use a certain degree of profanity in their episodes, just to fend of the unwanted, intellectually deficient woke PC crowd. And also to animate their audience to think, by catching onto the subtle innuendos & various subtexts, instead of spoon feeding everything to us, like some shows who pander to a certain demographic would. At least that's how I feel about it.
I really like plot B mainly for the irony of it. Cartman makes fun of a man with dwarfism not realizing or ignoring fact he himself is obese and also made fun of for it. At the end kids didn't come to see Cartman win the fight they came to see "fat guy fight the midget" and so did the viewer, neither of them really won.
I love that he leaves in the misspronunciashun of words. It shows a healthy ego, the absurdity of the English language, and the difficulty of video creation and editing, all while comical.. I'm so happy I found this channel
South Park is the greatest comedy show of all time. It's not even close in my opinion. Their ability to create endless hilarious moments through meta and/or subliminal social commentary is such genius.
originally that's how it was spelled... there's one episode where they were in a band and he signed it like that. then they changed the spelling in the Lord of the Rings episode as a tribute to JRR Tolkien.
It’s not random at all though. Having never been to a slam poetry event at a coffee shop, I can still say with total confidence that the Hunter S Thompson picture is very accurate. lol
7:20 For me, it’s like Bart owning a factory in “Homer’s Enemy” - just as you’re wondering what the sand hill it has to do with the A-plot, suddenly they’re tied together pretty poignantly in a few lines of dialogue.
Gonna be honest, that Twitter hot take was the exact opposite of the reality: South Park made it cool to ACTUALLY CARE. They bring up big issues and paint it in stand-alone offensive imagery that overall encompasses a critical plot point relating to society. It's the cleverest social commentary show in TV history.
Yep, as Bloons deconstructed how wrong that claim was in his video a few months ago. South Park is not a fence sitting apathetic show often at all, they have only ever done such a few times from my knowledge like the really bad episode where Big Gay Al said people were within their right to fire him from bias against him if chosen.(Yeah, that episode sucked frankly) The vast majority of the time they have a pretty passionate stance from one side or another, they mock all sides but they care deeply about most things they say. They don't sit in limbo apathetic. They usually care far more about the things they talk about more than the vast majority of media that covers those spesific topics. I can't name any other show that cares as freaquntly about the matters it adresses as South Park.
@@_-Lx-_ I can actually name a few shows that DO make it cool to not care. …and yeah. South Park ain’t it at all… (And plain stupid ones like that one with domestic Hitler)
as a man who was bullied all his life over something he has no control over (just like blacks don't control the color of their skin) i totally get it. what i learned was the importance of not letting it affect you. not allowing people who don't know you to judge you. they can say anything they want, they don't know your individual unique story, they dont know you, they're unable to judge. therefor their words have no power. and if some policy maker generalizes something you take it to court.
I think there's a double criticism in this episode, both on the hurt the word itself brings when used as an insult, and a more obvious criticism on the absurd consequences one can face for uttering it once.
Anybody can say it any time they want. Of course there are consequences to it, there are consequences to telling a far right Christian republican that you are transgender, usually negative ones at that. If a community at large is willing to chastise you for your choice of words, you can either learn more about why or stay in the same lane you were in when you said it. And I ain’t perfect, I was a super edgy teen in a conservative and racist town (seriously my high school has made national headlines for it) but to not grow and change would have alienated me and made me a more closed-minded person. I don’t think anyone would seriously try to ruin my life knowing I was able to change for no other reason than respect and self-improvement.
Did Randy actually face any consequence? For the most part people just kept reminding him that he said the N-word on tv and he hated being reminded of the moment at which point he and a bunch of other weirdos decided to petition congress to make it illegal to be reminded of it. It felt more like a commentary on pandering and false advocacy. Randy tried to do a ton of stuff for black people but he did it to rehabilitate his image rather than because he felt of genuine regret for what he said. He cared more about his image.
@@CollinMcLean Yes he did. Its called "Ostracism." This social punishment very powerful, which is why it is the intended outcome of cancel culture. It has even been used judicially as a punishment for crimes.
My issue with these bad words is when the people who they are aimed at react with violence. No word being said makes violence a reasonable reaction and it only increases the issues between us humans and it also gives the radical political parties more power and voters which they don't deserve.
As with everything context is important. The word itself isn't offensive but the context is. Richards used the word to angrily lash out making it hurtful. The episode used it as part of a commentary on society so it isn't seen as offensive. I think we should all practice discernment in situations like this. Take personal feelings out and decide if someone is willfully looking to hurt with their words or actions. Only then can we decide if something is offensive.
Its also important to listen to what the people in the effected community actually say about the situation, not just your own feelings about it. Too many people get outraged on behalf of other people when they really don't know what they're talking about and the people effected don't actually care.
that's something I never understood about American culture. even more considering that American culture brags so much about freedom of speech and so. I don't get why you can't say the word "nigger" without aiming it to anyone. I.e.: "calling someone a nigger is very disrespectful" instead of "calling someone a n-word etc"
my sleep white noise is south park episodes, i just let them play all night and when i wake up i keep them playing while i get ready for work. This one was starting this morning when i was doing my make up so it’s so strange that you just released this a couple hours later. It’s a good ep, great idiotic Randy antics and Stan’s lesson at the end is important for people to hear so blatantly spelled out.
As someone who lived outside America for half his life, I think this entire dynamic around this word is completely absurd. I would have more sympathy for black people offended by it, if those same black people did not use it all the bloody time to address each other.
It's like with Tropic Thunder and RDJ being disguised as a black guy. The context is important. Trey and Parker didn't just use the word simply to use it like some lame edge lord. They made it clever and they actually portrayed majority of ppl finding what Randy did was unacceptable. I'm black and saw this episode when it premiered and was initially shocked then laughed so hard😂 They also made a good point with not one black person being the spoke person of all of us as well.
2:37 I am 37 years old. I have been around with each word in the public lexicon for ages. When the hell did "nigga" become the same level of offensive as hard R? The whole point was to have a nerfed version that could be used.
I'm sorry, I believe it's inappropriate and highly offensive of you bringing "that" show name in a video about South Park! I hope you educate yourself and do better in the future!
South park has always been one of those shows where they get backlash for the most ridiculous things and then none for the seemingly craziest things. The message in this episode is great.
The real irony is that black people say that word to each other at a rate 1,000 times more than any other race refers to black people. I don't think black people are fragile. But the argument being made sure does imply that they are selectively outraged.
No. You don't understand. The word is not a slur against / those / people. It's the weapon they use against / us /. You are repressed and villified for using it. They are praised and honored. If you use it, they are morally allowed to hurt you, but you may never harm them in any way, even by accident. Also, their violence is your fault, because everyrhing is your fault because we know you won't fight back.
@@tracark2255 it’s a shame cause Blooms has some of the one of the most thoughtful critiques on South Park and he really puts a lot of care into his analysis
So many comments twisting the episodes message into: “This is what happens when you get canceled for saying a slur, so we shouldn’t cancel people who say the n word” Like the episode couldn’t be more on the nose then it already is and people still miss the message by a mile
Before watching this video, I thought this was an episode about how cancel culture has gone too far. After watching, I realize that it's an incredibly overblown metaphor for racism that makes wildly unrealistic statements and makes all White people out to be the bad guys. I usually enjoy seeing snippets of this show, so it's a shame that this episode isn't what I thought it was. The idea that the creation of a White counterpart to the n-word would cause the American government to ban it is beyond ridiculous. Additionally, the constant assumption that White people could never understand being disciminated against is idiotic. Overall, it's things like this that cause racial divides.
Thorough analysis! It's fascinating to see how South Park often walks this tightrope of controversy with a satirical twist. It's almost like they’re the masters of saying, "Come on, man. It's just a joke!" And we all just play along in this comedic dance, sometimes stepping on toes, but mostly laughing all the way. 🤣👏👍
The message and intention of the episode is the purest representation of being woke. Woke to the discrimination marginalized groups are still facing in society
The irony around the controversy smoothly extended it to reality so well that the episode didn't end until no one cared to talk about it anymore. this episode helped reveal the ignorance of so many people in the media.
5:29 Can we take a moment to appreciate how brilliant that newspaper is? Stories of all time voting lows (widespread apathy/cynicism of democracy), corrupt oil exec embezzling more money than most towns will ever see, car bombings, growing wealth inequality, all completely overshadowed in the headline, picture, and center story of some random guy in small town America giving a self-degrading apology for saying The Unspeakable Word.
This is one of the most informative and funny videos you've made, along with the 200/201 and the Ultimate Iceberg videos. I love how fans of the show go into each episode's meaning.
So I was watching this episode on HBO with the subtitles on and I noticed something they changed token's name to Tolkien in all of the subtitles for every single episode except for this one the one about the n-word if you look at the subtitles every time they use his name it's spelled token
9:26 Where? When? No one has purposely called someone that since The Righteous Brothers were on the top of the charts. It means instant death/trouble. No one does that.
It would still not be controversial today for the sole reason the show is still running. Their execution and messaging is flawless and substantive. It isn't purely for shock value, it's to get across well constructed points through the lens of satire. One of the reasons cancel culture has become so prominent over the past 10 years is because people conflate these forms of media with senseless, hateful expression formulated to produce shock. When you approach media through that lens and assume no refrain needs to be applied, you get bigoted, trite products. Matt and Trey choose to actually critique society through a fundamentally neutral standpoint that highlights absurdity. Nothing more, nothing less. Uncannily, through this approach, they show more merit and comprehensive ability than those who implement over the top effort to strive for virtue.
Exactly. There's no "They wouldn't get away with it in todays climate" argument. It isn't about getting away with anything. They'd still do it. They will do it.
Honestly the main reason they couldn't do this episode in this specific way today is because the last time we've had an "n-word incident" that most people would have wide enough knowledge... was the Michael Richards incident. Considering how the major target audience for South Park was either very young or not even born when that incident happened, the recency of the joke would be missed.
11:37 I think you completely missed the mark here. The point was that someone who says Nigga (no hard r) with a group of friends the same way youd use the word bro, is the same as a person who shouts at a black person hatefully calling them a nigger bc theyre a literal racist. It doesnt matter in the eyes of the hate mob around that word. And the banning the word Nigger Guy near the end, I think you are right but you also failed to mention that its a double edge sword and wanted to show how stupid the idea of banning a word is which is basically the point of this entire episode is showing how dumb getting so mad at someone using a word is, no matter the context.
no i think you missed the mark badly, this episode was absolutely not about simply getting mad at a word, and if thats what you got from it, i think you need to take a lesson from stan in realizing, you dont get it.
No. They simply wanted to use the word. The interpretation is up to viewers. Some people might "Rick and Morty" it with their 200 IQ mental gymnastics just to come to acceptable white washed explanation or dare I say excuse for it as if explanation and excuse is required.
17:14 ahhh yes. the old white man “ally” who wants to tell black people how they should feel about things 💀🤡 realised this point was made right after typing this
“We dont know how we get there but as long as we end up with Cartman fighting a midget that’ll be sweet” is the most Matt and Trey statement lol.
it reminds me of what they told anyone who asked why they were wearing dresses to the Oscars while on Acid.
With Disturbed's "Down With The Sickness" as fighting music.
Big fan of any South Park video essayist who refers to the DVD commentaries 👍 those things are gold
@@liamnehren1054😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@NobodyC13 i love disturbed
"jesse jackson is not the emporer of black people"
"he told my dad he was"
gets me every single time
Lol I read this comment as soon as it was said in the video
Emperor
@@admiralsandshut the fuck up no one likes you
That A being turned over to show "Naggers" in complete silence is such a memorable part of the episode, XD
I love the cameraman looking at Randy like "I wish you would."
y e a s e
Silence apart from the squeak of the letter turning...lol
It was done so perfectly 😂
Well after showing that they're using the touch panel displays lmao
„Duh, Southpark wouldn’t get always with this now a days“
Southpark meanwhilejust few years ago: Releases a Game where u set the difficulty with ur skincolour in character creator
nowadays!
Please kick me. All best.
@@notreallydavid 🤣 not native and mobiles just sometimes suck ass🤷♂️🤣
@@adamplaza3935 They do. Mine tries to write every kind of shit if I don't take care.
I bear said game with my skin as black as night
I mean, that's also great social commentary.
"two words which separately are completely harmless" is some of the best writing I've ever come across...
I had the pause the video to laugh at that one
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When together are also completely harmless.... Wow.... It's almost like words don't have any physical reaction in the real world.
@@nono-yw3tvah yes, I’m sure that all wars have been fought without a single word said by either side.
@@nono-yw3tvah yes, being told I have a terminal illness will have no effect on my mental health or well being
The real lesson here is that you can't get away with saying it just once, you will need to confidently say it 42 times
Also true
so thats what im doing wrong
Honestly: as a white guy who had to read the part of "N-word Jim" from of mice and men in a very mixed race high school, you HAVE to say it confidently and also I straight up went "Teacher: are you suggesting I read this AS WRITTEN?!?" And looked around at the class. Put the responsibility on the teacher in that scenario and I got away with no ass whooping.
@@spacemanx9595acting is a whole different scenario
@@spacemanx9595contextually reading it in a book it's not the same as saying it as a slur to a person of color. It's weird to me that this is a struggle for white people to understand.
I do love how they set it up, "people who annoy you" and the black cameraman looking at the puzzle like "WTF?" and then Randy just blurts it out all excitedly because he thought he had the game in the bag! 😂😂😂
I think the cameraman is looking at Randy........like dont u fucking dare 😤
@@alanmurray5963 it was a bit of both probably.😁
He should have gone through all the vowels in his mind first - "noggers, nuggers, nagge-- NAGGERS! It has to be that!" - and not jump to conclusions. Something for all people to learn from.
The funniest part is that nagger was somehow not the first word he thought of. But a slur for black people. Making me question if Randy is actually racist because he'd had to find black people annoying 💀💀💀.
Like, what was he supposed to do? if that black camera man was in Randy's shoes, I'm sure he also would have said that!
I always find it funny how people who have zero connection to an ethic group are the ones who get the most offended by these things.
Well to be fair, things only ever change when straight white men get offended.
Which isn't right but it is the way it is.
Only once straight white men got offended by people's sexism, racism, homophobia, did things start to change for the better.
Exactly. Let me have some fun with satire, nigga. Others should stop becoming offended on other people’s behalf, especially Twitter.
I'm on the spectrum and I thought the episode Ass Burgers was hilarious! Same for this joke in Cobra Kai:
Johnny: Are you one of those challenged kids?
Eli: The doctor said I could be on the spectrum.
Johnny: I don't know what that is but get off it pronto.
Possibly cos we're the ones who get judged because others in our ethnic group use it.
I think we used to call them pussies at some point.
This is exactly why it's important to have enough braincells to understand nuance
Unfortunately, as the years go by and more people get sucked into all this woke garbage on twitter, people like that are getting farther and fewer in between.
Totally
Imagine being so ignorant that fricking _Soth Park_ is too nuanced for you. And the sad truth is, most people are.
Common sense isn't common anymore.
@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT I hope you continue to grow and one day learn to love yourself
Bro Matt and Trey got threatened by literal Islamic terrorists. They dont give two shits about terminally online Twitter users 💀💀💀
Twitter did not exist when they were threatened by Islamists lol
@@purplebunzwell yeah, so they were like “I’ve been through worse” when it did comes around
@@purplebunz what I'm saying is they don't care what Twitter thinks and like the user above me said. They've been through worse situations lol
@@purplebunzYes it did. Twitter launched in 2006, episode 201 aired in 2010.
@@craigkemeryyeah but it was different back then
The fact that Randy chose the letters "B O N G" is hilarious to me.
oh lol I always thought it was supposed to be “bingo” but u only get one vowel so he picked O
Lmao
@tiablue9106 that is the joke. If he had guessed the "I" at some point, he wouldn't have been in that position.
@@kylefreeman181I don't care if that was incidental or on purpose, I just discovered whole new layer of a joke for that scene
Holy shit, I never caught that!
"wouldnt get away with this now" brother this episode still plays on tv uncensored in 2024 lmao
Say it once and it's a racist slur, say it 42 times and it's a statement.
And you got 42 likes as I'm writing this comment lol
I made lots of statements in game lobbies
@@Stephillpotten yo.
Cause 42 is the ultimate answer. 101010 in binary
Your honor, it's ok because I said it 42 times
Somehow, Cartmen laughing uncontrollably at the midget was the most wholesome he has ever been. He genuinely had no i'll will towards him, he just couldn't control himself.
I think Cartman crying over his friend dying even after the horrible shit he has done in the past is even more wholesome. There was literally nothing in that situation that would have benefited him yet he still cried because he genuinely cares for his friends, I think he just hates/doesn't know how to show it.
@@Genderbend_Sunnybefore or after he made the shakeys pizza?
@@holyheretic3185 Can't remember, I stopped watching south park years ago but I still remember that episode
i think thats perfect for cartmans character. evil action without any evil intent. hes just messed up.
And then he fought the midget
Reverse psychology is one of the best rhetorical weapons, and South Park has proven this time and time again,
The episode was wrong though because Karen is a racial slur against white women but no one seems to care.
@@-APD2007I genuinely can’t tell if this is satire
They did it with the “eat, pray, queef” episode, and as a woman it really did represent how we feel on the subject. It’s a brilliant episode
@@-APD2007 Merciful Jesus, you cannot be serious 🤣
@@-APD2007 maybe that segment of white women should stop acting that way if they don't want to be "slurred"? Black women can also Karen it up fwiw.
I think one of the other great aspects of this episode that wasn't really highlighted is how Stan keeps trying to "fix" the situation, but every time he does it by _telling_ Token why it should be OK now, but never actually _asking_ Token what he feels would make things better. It's a clear representation of the problem that a lot of people have of coming in from outside and trying to impose their own solutions on a problem, without really attempting to understand or get input from the people who are actually affected by it.
His name is Tolkien
@@sallyjrwjrw6766 because its similar to token thats the point of the character name, surely this is a understandable mistake that did not need correcting.
@@superalbbatross you must not watch South Park. It was a whole thing
"Never actually asking Token what he feels would make things better" exactly. I think maybe there's a bit of the "law of the instrument" in that, as everyone thinks they know what works for their own problems, they try to apply that same hammer to other people's problems, even societal problems that are so much more complex. What's funny to me, in a tragic sort of way, is that it really SHOULDN'T be complex, but it's just so hard for humans to abstain from hatred and cultural biases for some bizarre reason. Why can't we all just get along?
@@Twisted_Code Because when you grow up and become wiser you will notice that half of humanity has been lied to and believe the lies, the other half was lied to and took the time to learn.
South Park is comedy with thought behind it. Not just to be edgy for edge sake.
Meh, 50/50
Fr, it's the whole reason I can't stand Drawn Together especially the movie bc they're just being crass and offensive "bc it's funny" instead of making a point. Worse yet, the creators of that show and movie said that they like and have no ages feelings towards south park after they got cancelled and featuring south park as the main antagonist for their movie was just because they claimed they loved it so much. Nah. It just comes across as bitter. South Park is just a different breed of show and they were bitter about that.
@@Roll1nThund3r that makes 100
N, WORD
@@Roll1nThund3r”meh im so smart”
I used this episode for the foundation of a college essay on satire. The creators have just mastered and repeatedly demonstrated the satirical value in their work and have (rightfully imo) maintained that reputation
Did it get a good grade?
@@TheIT221 it did! I could’ve formatted it better so I know I’d do better on a second attempt but I got an A in the course bc of it
@@cameron7202 now I want to read it, but I guess it's not worth doxing yourself over that
@@ReaperCH90he should just replace all the personal information with the words "chicken tenders"
There’s a trend that I’ve seen in the entertainment industry that I’ve called “the South Park effect”
The South Park effect is how when a show is controversial for long enough, the amount of controversy that the show receives goes down. It goes from “Did you hear about the terrible thing they did on South Park?” to “South Park did something offensive again, but what else is new?” and that was probably one of the factors that led to the response that this episode got.
I don't think that's limited to the entertainment industry. It applies to people irl too. Context is key, knowing your audience is key, and having good intentions is key. When you've established that you're not just doing or saying something for the sake of being provocative or causing harm, you're allowed to be a little more edgy. But there has to be a "good" purpose for it and you have to establish some credibility first.
Desensitisation.
I agree. I didn't get the social commentary that other people are seeing.
seeing as they had at that point already had an episode where Kyle k*lled Jesus Christ, and Bin Laden dies after being ridiculed, episode where Christopher Reeve eats aborted fetuses to regenerate use of his legs and back... an episode where Cartman k*lls the parents of his bully and makes him eat them in a chilly contest.
the N word episode is one of their milder ones.
Cartman constantly laughing his ass off at Doctor Nelson never ceases to crack me up
"Hehe, say: 'Uncle.'"
"UNCLE!"
"Okay, now say: 'Carol Anne, don't go into the light!'"
"CAROL ANNE, DON'T GO INTO THE LIGHT!"
@@NobodyC13 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
His nervous system things it’s too funny to ignore
"look how his cheeks got all red, he's like a little strawberry!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Reminded me of the episode in which he can't laugh anymore after seeing a pair of literal buttfaces
Naggers joke was probably one of the best offensive jokes i ever saw in comedy
“offensive”
@@maybefaith23 only offencive if your a black person who gets offended by everything and cant see the funny side of life
or your a white twitter user with no life other then be offended
That part where Stan admits he doesn’t understand had a profound effect on me. Sometimes our first instinct is to relate to another person to try and comfort them. But sometimes we really can’t relate, and trying to relate to their experiences with our own can end up feeling like we’re invalidating the experiences of others.
"I get it... I dont get it" still may be my single favorite South Park speech of all time.
Yep, very poetic and witty.
Sometimes, the lesson to take away is that you don't understand a topic/subject.
And aren't qualified to speak on such neccasarily.
Ahh the irony of two white guys telling white people what black people think
@@bigbirdmusic8199ahhh the idiocy of thinking every black person thinks the exact same as some sort of hive mind 🤡😂
@@bigbirdmusic8199 Yeah they shouldve asked Isaac Hayes to say it. Oh wait he quit the show because it made fun of scientology.
@@TheSuperappelflapsuffered a stroke and scientologists sent, without his knowledge, a letter on his behalf about not messing with scientology and quitting
Being a black guy in america i support matt and trey. But holy shit its not that deep. People who let words control them are THE problem and should be ignored. Morgan freeman pointed out exactly how to fix this shit and people keep pretending its not the answer
But we can’t just act like things are okay for everyone though. It’s not the word, it’s the implication and history of it. You’re right words shouldn’t control you but when there’s so much baggage attached to that word it’s not so simple
@@danrandlehandleyeah but it isn’t your baggage is it? It is almost no one alives baggage
@@danrandlehandle We cant punish people and taking away their careers when some low minded people cant fathom that words can be used in different context. Sure, if someone in a negative way calls someone the n word that is a "fair" treatment but simply saying the nword like randy did in a gameshow where its not directed towards anyone or singing the n word in a song shouldn't do anything. The whole point of black people using the n word is to change its meaning to a positive meaning between those affected yet keeps the negative meaning to those who aren't affected which entirely defeats the point of changing a word.
There have been words that in the past was very controversial and negative yet today is no harsher than saying hi, and that's simply because words can and will change.
People can and will always interpret spoken / written words different but that is no means to attack someone who used a word in a non negative way.
@@jockin It's not hard to just NOT say the word. it's so simple
@@danrandlehandle it's not hard to NOT punish a girl for posting song lyrics.
And it's not hard to simply understand how fucking language works and not start attacking someone who cited or sang it in a non malicious way.
It's not the right of saying the nword I'm arguing for but the backlash that I'm very against.
But that will be very hard when a majority of those people simply wont grasp language and some people want to find a way to be offended.
You can say what you want about the B Plot, but the fight itself with "Down with the Sickness" in the background was just presented perfectly.
The only people who have ever gotten offended by South Park are either 1. Too dumb to understand nuance, or 2. Refuse to admit that the joke is about them and they can't admit their part in the problem
Giving words the voldemort treatment is the most counterproductive thing you can do.
I just can't get over all the irony in this premise: everybody's saying the N word in response to Randy saying the N word, and none of them get abused for it because in this case it's deliberate persecution, and that makes it okay. South Park is soooo good at taking things that are crammed down our throat as partisan topics and making them obviously a human problem, not an identity group problem.
Nope. You got it wrong.
@@Skydv2005 In what way? Because I didn't explicitly state that I recognize the most basic and obvious angles before I went for the nuances? The obvious stuff was in the video, man. 😅
@@Skydv2005 unless you’re trolling, just saying someone is wrong doesn’t prove your point
Randy (i think that's the lead's name) was also seemingly the only character who didn't want to say it, and knew it was bad, and he made it clear he didn't feel like it was a good idea but in the video it seem's no other character had that restraint.
edit: i have been corrected it is randy, not stan.
@@Beowolf-jy5rc I think you might be talking about Randy, the adult? Stan is the kid. Good point. I feel for Randy. Although part of that is probably that I was bullied pretty hard as a kid for being socially awkward and kind of weird, so when I see him surrounded by mockery and scorn for one dumb thing he said/did, I barely even hear the N word. Alls I see is a bunch of people caught up in the trending jerkishness. The bit with Stan and Token was pretty funny, as well. "I need you to understand that you'll never understand. Then I'll feel understood." 😂
Matt and Trey have a talent of pure comedy. They can take the piss out of anything. Their whole stick is “oh really?” South Park will forever be a cultural monolith.
*shtick not stick
When Southpark harpoons a topic, it stays harpooned
Lol, no, that monolith title will belong to the simpsons.
Y'all blindly praise SP for anything you can't see most of its weak writing and how most take away from what's been made.
@@domhuckleand then that harpoon gets ignored for being another flavor of the week and no one will care yet again.
@@marshallw1902simpsons died over 20 years ago lmao the absolute glazing
He just pops out of mid air 12:03
?
@@mountaininvrbutters popped out of mid air but it’s just cut.
This is similar to how Blazing Saddles is critically acclaimed as well despite heavy use of racial slurs and racist themes. Both this South Park episode and Blazing Saddles use these themes to make a point about the damage that racism causes in a satirical manor.
Blazing Saddles is a classic Mel Brooks film. Its a comedy, the lead is black, playing a cowboy, and the director is a jew.
People loved DiCaprio's performance in Django Unchained too. That movie had 2 black slaves fight to the death for his entertainment.
Not allowing people to use ALL words is authoritarian...
And they do it without censorship, without talking about this "X-word", Xylophone?
I think the issue here is that you should not under any circumstances and regardless of who you are use the word nigger when talking about people of obvious African heritage.
However, not being able to use the word nigger when talking about why it should not be used and just assume that the phrase "n-word" is know to mean nigger, negro, and other words derived from the Spanish word for black (negro) is infantile censorship.
It is like bleeping out curse words, now everyone in the US just use fuck, while the British use a wide variety of more or less creative words.
And look and behold. TH-cam asks med to censor my text.
"Help us keep comments respectful" by pretending that certain words does not exist.
@@57thorns I'm mostly careful about using it online even within the context stated where there's a risk of repercussions, but I fully agree with you. Telling people so and so said "the n word" sugar coats it and downplays their racism. It doesn't help make a point. Plus you know what I mean, I know what I mean, why pretend? Except when you don't know what I mean because we're referring to a racial slur meant to be offensive AND a word of comradery amongst African Americans that people seem to think is the same word. And then there's "negro" as you mention which is literally not a racial slur, it's just an antiquated term. (I'm curious if TH-cam will give me the same warning for only using that word.) Assuming it's a slur just because it's mostly used by older people is in itself discriminatory. It's all just insane. It's another example of SJW culture making up issues that don't exist that distract from the real issues. (In this case real racism that absolutely exists.)
Great episode, always nice when people can look past the facade and see the message.
I can't help but think that Matt & Trey intentionally use a certain degree of profanity in their episodes, just to fend of the unwanted, intellectually deficient woke PC crowd.
And also to animate their audience to think, by catching onto the subtle innuendos & various subtexts, instead of spoon feeding everything to us, like some shows who pander to a certain demographic would.
At least that's how I feel about it.
Ah yes. The Message. What was it again? Oh, right. You are incapable of true empathy and are inferior because of your ethnicity. Yeah, great message.
I really like plot B mainly for the irony of it. Cartman makes fun of a man with dwarfism not realizing or ignoring fact he himself is obese and also made fun of for it. At the end kids didn't come to see Cartman win the fight they came to see "fat guy fight the midget" and so did the viewer, neither of them really won.
Naw cartman kicked his ass fr he the real winner
words are like bullets which is why you can ignore them
The midget definitely lost harder than cartman though
The guy poking out from behind the camera has always been my favorite part of this episode.
I always show this episode to people who aren't really familiar with South Park. I love seeing their reactions to the Wheel of Fortune opening
The reaction on my most clean and safe for work friend’s face was priceless
I did the same thing with my girlfriend and the funniest part is she's a Sociology major.
@@StandTallTx does she have blue hair and a nose ring? blink twice if youre being held hostage.
@@TheSuperappelflaphilarious
@@TheSuperappelflap That's a terrible stereotype. You should be asking if she can repeat the phrase "Would you like fries with that?"
0:16 whistle
LMAOOO
Bro lowkey has that Herbert the pervert in him 💀
Holy shit Kromer in south park real???
Cartmans laugh in this episode is so infectious, I start laughing with him every time
Short jokes always make me laugh. my favorite is "how's it feel to be the last guy to know its raining?"
@@deathninja16 i've never heard that one, that's funny as hell
“He told my dad he was” still cracks me up 16 years later.
The cameraman slowly peeking out from the camera is one of my favourite South Park gags of all time.
I love that he leaves in the misspronunciashun of words. It shows a healthy ego, the absurdity of the English language, and the difficulty of video creation and editing, all while comical.. I'm so happy I found this channel
Imagine discovering South park on tiktok
That’s why it’s being banned, so people don’t post clips out of context
@@GrayD_Foxthere are much more sinister reasons it’s actually being banned
Lol explain yourself @@rioriorio17
@@rioriorio17 Yup! South Park makes people think, and "the powers that be" don't want us poor plebs doing too much of our own thinking!
Relax, Take Deep Breathes,
Put Your Head Between Your Legs
AND KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE!
South Park is the greatest comedy show of all time. It's not even close in my opinion. Their ability to create endless hilarious moments through meta and/or subliminal social commentary is such genius.
Right? I hope it goes on as long as Trey and Matt live. It'll always be relevant.
Its been between South Park and It’s Always Sunny to me
Wait, the one black kid, as far as I know, in SP is literally named Token? God damn. lmfao
No it’s Tolkien
originally that's how it was spelled... there's one episode where they were in a band and he signed it like that. then they changed the spelling in the Lord of the Rings episode as a tribute to JRR Tolkien.
@@alexandremuise8889 nah it’s always been Tolkien you’re just racist
@@Grants_jams its was reveal in a episode in 2022 you just stupid
Buddy you just started watching?
Gotta love the very random Hunter S. Thompson picture at the coffee shop where Randy does his slam poetry
It’s not random at all though.
Having never been to a slam poetry event at a coffee shop, I can still say with total confidence that the Hunter S Thompson picture is very accurate. lol
7:20 For me, it’s like Bart owning a factory in “Homer’s Enemy” - just as you’re wondering what the sand hill it has to do with the A-plot, suddenly they’re tied together pretty poignantly in a few lines of dialogue.
Bro just pulled a Matt and Trey and got away with saying "These people"
Gonna be honest, that Twitter hot take was the exact opposite of the reality:
South Park made it cool to ACTUALLY CARE. They bring up big issues and paint it in stand-alone offensive imagery that overall encompasses a critical plot point relating to society.
It's the cleverest social commentary show in TV history.
Yep, as Bloons deconstructed how wrong that claim was in his video a few months ago.
South Park is not a fence sitting apathetic show often at all, they have only ever done such a few times from my knowledge like the really bad episode where Big Gay Al said people were within their right to fire him from bias against him if chosen.(Yeah, that episode sucked frankly)
The vast majority of the time they have a pretty passionate stance from one side or another, they mock all sides but they care deeply about most things they say. They don't sit in limbo apathetic.
They usually care far more about the things they talk about more than the vast majority of media that covers those spesific topics.
I can't name any other show that cares as freaquntly about the matters it adresses as South Park.
@@_-Lx-_ I can actually name a few shows that DO make it cool to not care.
…and yeah. South Park ain’t it at all…
(And plain stupid ones like that one with domestic Hitler)
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Randy Getting kicked out the store for using the nword, by a guy who then proceeds to use the nword is ridiculous lol
as a man who was bullied all his life over something he has no control over (just like blacks don't control the color of their skin) i totally get it. what i learned was the importance of not letting it affect you. not allowing people who don't know you to judge you. they can say anything they want, they don't know your individual unique story, they dont know you, they're unable to judge. therefor their words have no power. and if some policy maker generalizes something you take it to court.
Meanwhile boondocks is praised for having an episode that never says it once.
Love these shows
Wait did that really happen? Was it a silent episode? Dubois spinoff? What season? I'm googling this because i either dont know or completely forgot
I can't find any evidence on this lol
@@newusernamehere4772in the boondocks if they don’t say the n word it’s not the boondocks
a pimp named slickback..... B..... Ninjas.... slickback and kid used that word 😂😂😂 dont spreas fake news... "its a ninjas on purples suit"
@@newusernamehere4772"no ninjas, i am A PIMP name slickback" 😂😂😂
Your vids just got me through writing a 5 hour essay. I’m eternally grateful dude
6:03 bro is gonna say the word 42 times ☠☠☠
I think there's a double criticism in this episode, both on the hurt the word itself brings when used as an insult, and a more obvious criticism on the absurd consequences one can face for uttering it once.
Anybody can say it any time they want. Of course there are consequences to it, there are consequences to telling a far right Christian republican that you are transgender, usually negative ones at that.
If a community at large is willing to chastise you for your choice of words, you can either learn more about why or stay in the same lane you were in when you said it.
And I ain’t perfect, I was a super edgy teen in a conservative and racist town (seriously my high school has made national headlines for it) but to not grow and change would have alienated me and made me a more closed-minded person. I don’t think anyone would seriously try to ruin my life knowing I was able to change for no other reason than respect and self-improvement.
Did Randy actually face any consequence? For the most part people just kept reminding him that he said the N-word on tv and he hated being reminded of the moment at which point he and a bunch of other weirdos decided to petition congress to make it illegal to be reminded of it.
It felt more like a commentary on pandering and false advocacy. Randy tried to do a ton of stuff for black people but he did it to rehabilitate his image rather than because he felt of genuine regret for what he said. He cared more about his image.
@@CollinMcLean Yes he did. Its called "Ostracism." This social punishment very powerful, which is why it is the intended outcome of cancel culture. It has even been used judicially as a punishment for crimes.
It can be argued that the second criticism is the fragility of white people when their privilege is challenged.
Well no context matters too, he was answering it for "people that annoy you".
I like how the censor algorithm blocked the thumbnail, thus emphasizing the irony explored in the episode.
yes
Weird, not censored for me
@@BillyOrBobbyOrSomethingyou see the I?
@@IAmTheRealHimNo, because it was never there to begin with. That's part of the joke.
Got em
Bloom, I hereby endorse and issue you your hood pass.
Expires: whenever
THANKS NI
@keerf255 somewhere out there in the spaces, there's a station who just had that one "special" assistant blow up.
@@thetaminus2334 I hate to say this, but I'm betting money that's a Sseth reference you're making. Some nonsense involving a clown.
Is that correct?
@@keerf255 what's there to hate?
My issue with these bad words is when the people who they are aimed at react with violence. No word being said makes violence a reasonable reaction and it only increases the issues between us humans and it also gives the radical political parties more power and voters which they don't deserve.
Ah yes, With Apologies to Jesse Jackson😂 loved the side plot of Cartman making fun of the little dude.. main plot is great too😂
As with everything context is important. The word itself isn't offensive but the context is. Richards used the word to angrily lash out making it hurtful. The episode used it as part of a commentary on society so it isn't seen as offensive. I think we should all practice discernment in situations like this. Take personal feelings out and decide if someone is willfully looking to hurt with their words or actions. Only then can we decide if something is offensive.
Its also important to listen to what the people in the effected community actually say about the situation, not just your own feelings about it. Too many people get outraged on behalf of other people when they really don't know what they're talking about and the people effected don't actually care.
that's something I never understood about American culture. even more considering that American culture brags so much about freedom of speech and so. I don't get why you can't say the word "nigger" without aiming it to anyone. I.e.: "calling someone a nigger is very disrespectful" instead of "calling someone a n-word etc"
my sleep white noise is south park episodes, i just let them play all night and when i wake up i keep them playing while i get ready for work. This one was starting this morning when i was doing my make up so it’s so strange that you just released this a couple hours later. It’s a good ep, great idiotic Randy antics and Stan’s lesson at the end is important for people to hear so blatantly spelled out.
Bojack?
i do the exact same thing omfg 😭 south park to go to sleep and wherever it ends up in the morning i watch while getting ready
Bro I do this exact same thing with south park lol
As someone who lived outside America for half his life, I think this entire dynamic around this word is completely absurd. I would have more sympathy for black people offended by it, if those same black people did not use it all the bloody time to address each other.
Still one of my favorite episodes of South park I don't think people should be mad about a episode that happened years ago if is trying to be funny
6:16 Frustrations? What?
crustaceans?
It's like with Tropic Thunder and RDJ being disguised as a black guy. The context is important. Trey and Parker didn't just use the word simply to use it like some lame edge lord. They made it clever and they actually portrayed majority of ppl finding what Randy did was unacceptable. I'm black and saw this episode when it premiered and was initially shocked then laughed so hard😂 They also made a good point with not one black person being the spoke person of all of us as well.
2:37 I am 37 years old. I have been around with each word in the public lexicon for ages.
When the hell did "nigga" become the same level of offensive as hard R? The whole point was to have a nerfed version that could be used.
5:32 is why they're better than Family Guy. Family Guy would just do it in a cutaway, whereas Matt and Trey put in the effort
I'm sorry, I believe it's inappropriate and highly offensive of you bringing "that" show name in a video about South Park! I hope you educate yourself and do better in the future!
@@androgynousmaggot9389Don't ever bring no family guys near us south parkers, we don't fuck with them.
South park has always been one of those shows where they get backlash for the most ridiculous things and then none for the seemingly craziest things. The message in this episode is great.
The real irony is that black people say that word to each other at a rate 1,000 times more than any other race refers to black people.
I don't think black people are fragile.
But the argument being made sure does imply that they are selectively outraged.
Comedy is art. You can’t censor art.
You shouldn't anyways.
False. Hentai is censored.
art become 'fart' when you put an f in front of it and that's also cool
@@OMGSAMCOPSEYsadly
@@dagwill4340Chill libtards, its called dark humour😎😎😎
I just think it’s crazy we as a society invented a word with so much power that its mere utterance is enough to invoke despair and chaos.
Words only have power if people give them power. We can not control the words that others use, we can only control how we react.
It's because /those/ people are incredibly sensitive and are known to resort to violence very quickly.
No. You don't understand. The word is not a slur against / those / people. It's the weapon they use against / us /. You are repressed and villified for using it. They are praised and honored. If you use it, they are morally allowed to hurt you, but you may never harm them in any way, even by accident. Also, their violence is your fault, because everyrhing is your fault because we know you won't fight back.
Take it back.
@@thetruth45678 Exactly.
It's not used because we know they're "return" to monkee
And this is a totally normal, respectful and not at all tone deaf or racist comment section. Jesus Christ
Ikr?
yeah everyone missed the point of the episode and blooms video
@@tracark2255 it’s a shame cause Blooms has some of the one of the most thoughtful critiques on South Park and he really puts a lot of care into his analysis
So many comments twisting the episodes message into: “This is what happens when you get canceled for saying a slur, so we shouldn’t cancel people who say the n word” Like the episode couldn’t be more on the nose then it already is and people still miss the message by a mile
Before watching this video, I thought this was an episode about how cancel culture has gone too far. After watching, I realize that it's an incredibly overblown metaphor for racism that makes wildly unrealistic statements and makes all White people out to be the bad guys. I usually enjoy seeing snippets of this show, so it's a shame that this episode isn't what I thought it was. The idea that the creation of a White counterpart to the n-word would cause the American government to ban it is beyond ridiculous. Additionally, the constant assumption that White people could never understand being disciminated against is idiotic. Overall, it's things like this that cause racial divides.
8:27 *a little* fun fact
come on blooms we all know the only way for you to show how symbolic this episode is is for you yourself to say it 42 times throughout the video 🗿🍷
with a counter.
And bass boosted for the crowd in back
13:03 the reporter arrested is funny "oh i said it didn't I?" about 3 minutes after the law passed
Now you got me sounding out the word "frustrations" like I'm a caveman 😭💀
Season 11 is such a GOAT season. Imaginationland, Licecapades, Cartman Sucks, Night of the Living Homeless...just hit after hit.
It might be my favourite season.
Thorough analysis! It's fascinating to see how South Park often walks this tightrope of controversy with a satirical twist. It's almost like they’re the masters of saying, "Come on, man. It's just a joke!" And we all just play along in this comedic dance, sometimes stepping on toes, but mostly laughing all the way. 🤣👏👍
The message and intention of the episode is the purest representation of being woke.
Woke to the discrimination marginalized groups are still facing in society
It still astonishes me that there are people, 26 years later, that still do not understand what South Park does
Matt and Trey are simply satire geniuses.
Do you even know what satire means?
@@johnindigo5477 why?
@@johnindigo5477Do you even know what satire means?
The irony around the controversy smoothly extended it to reality so well that the episode didn't end until no one cared to talk about it anymore. this episode helped reveal the ignorance of so many people in the media.
Bloom having a hard time with "Frustrations" got that subscribe hit. lmfao.
5:29 Can we take a moment to appreciate how brilliant that newspaper is? Stories of all time voting lows (widespread apathy/cynicism of democracy), corrupt oil exec embezzling more money than most towns will ever see, car bombings, growing wealth inequality, all completely overshadowed in the headline, picture, and center story of some random guy in small town America giving a self-degrading apology for saying The Unspeakable Word.
This is one of the most informative and funny videos you've made, along with the 200/201 and the Ultimate Iceberg videos.
I love how fans of the show go into each episode's meaning.
So I was watching this episode on HBO with the subtitles on and I noticed something they changed token's name to Tolkien in all of the subtitles for every single episode except for this one the one about the n-word if you look at the subtitles every time they use his name it's spelled token
Its an ongoing gag about how stan doesn't know his name is tolkin
@@JasonBanks-k3p I know that's why I said it pay attention
@@JasonBanks-k3p if I didn't know that why would I be commenting on the thing as if I did
@@richarddavis3980 I actually left that comment for people who questioned that who never bothered to find out
Edit: really living up to that name LOL
They simulated it so well that it was so easy for you to present that with your takes on it.
9:26 Where? When? No one has purposely called someone that since The Righteous Brothers were on the top of the charts. It means instant death/trouble. No one does that.
It would still not be controversial today for the sole reason the show is still running. Their execution and messaging is flawless and substantive. It isn't purely for shock value, it's to get across well constructed points through the lens of satire.
One of the reasons cancel culture has become so prominent over the past 10 years is because people conflate these forms of media with senseless, hateful expression formulated to produce shock. When you approach media through that lens and assume no refrain needs to be applied, you get bigoted, trite products.
Matt and Trey choose to actually critique society through a fundamentally neutral standpoint that highlights absurdity. Nothing more, nothing less. Uncannily, through this approach, they show more merit and comprehensive ability than those who implement over the top effort to strive for virtue.
Exactly. There's no "They wouldn't get away with it in todays climate" argument. It isn't about getting away with anything. They'd still do it. They will do it.
Honestly the main reason they couldn't do this episode in this specific way today is because the last time we've had an "n-word incident" that most people would have wide enough knowledge... was the Michael Richards incident. Considering how the major target audience for South Park was either very young or not even born when that incident happened, the recency of the joke would be missed.
It's a show that is meant to be as offensive as possible to as many people as possible. If anything, it should use the N-word far more often.
I very much enjoyed your ‘frustration’ pronunciation moment 🤣 starting at 6:03
You calling Tolkien Token is somehow very appropriate for this video
Token was his name when the episode aired.
Dude I really hope you get to at least 500k this coming year, you deserve all the hype and I'm super stoked to see your channel grow more!
14:24
"10/10, I really makes you feel like a [n-word] guy." -IGN
11:37 I think you completely missed the mark here. The point was that someone who says Nigga (no hard r) with a group of friends the same way youd use the word bro, is the same as a person who shouts at a black person hatefully calling them a nigger bc theyre a literal racist. It doesnt matter in the eyes of the hate mob around that word. And the banning the word Nigger Guy near the end, I think you are right but you also failed to mention that its a double edge sword and wanted to show how stupid the idea of banning a word is which is basically the point of this entire episode is showing how dumb getting so mad at someone using a word is, no matter the context.
The boondocks did an episode about the nigga thing. It was pretty good.
no i think you missed the mark badly, this episode was absolutely not about simply getting mad at a word, and if thats what you got from it, i think you need to take a lesson from stan in realizing, you dont get it.
Dude you hit a hard R on TH-cam comments. Respect.
9:47 This show owned intersectionality before it was cool.
I was in college when this episode came out. I had a black roommate who watched it with me and he laughed his ass off through the whole episode.
No. They simply wanted to use the word. The interpretation is up to viewers. Some people might "Rick and Morty" it with their 200 IQ mental gymnastics just to come to acceptable white washed explanation or dare I say excuse for it as if explanation and excuse is required.
Spot on dude
12:20 the point? He gets to fight a midget. Its awesome lmfaoo
“Thé puzzle you were solving was people who annoy you”
Ohhh you’re not on the same page are you, Ethan?
The frustrations part had me dying. Real life moment for us all.
17:14 ahhh yes. the old white man “ally” who wants to tell black people how they should feel about things 💀🤡
realised this point was made right after typing this