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i find it funny that "Bloody Mary" caused so much issues, when there is literally a episode where jesus is gunned down and killed in Iraq while trying to save Santa.
agreed. It just speaks to the thing Matt and Trey spoke about with the whole Isaac Hayes situation. "How can you be offended by this one thing when we have done so much to offend everybody else?"Being offended is so subjective and arbitrary. And you literally cannot watch and like south park and be offended by some episodes and not other because that just makes you a huge hypocrite.
@@splinte111 I think it caused more criticism, because it was directed at the catholics believe in saints and wonders. Rather than a generalized attack on jesus. Like Christians are used to people making fun of jesus and jesus himself even said that they shouldn’t attack someone on his behalf and that people aren’t at fault for their own disbelief in him. But the Catholic Church values saints and mother marry, because they have suffered for their faith. An ideal Christians still to this day value. And they get defensive when someone is attacking martyrs, wich can’t defend themselves and often even died because they have been attacked for their beliefs. In their head they defend fellow humans not god, who doesn’t need them defending people.
I am from China and being a South Park fan for more than 10 yrs, something might surprise you is that South Park has a huge and solid fan base in China even now. Band in China did change a lot of things, we knew something really bad would happen when we first saw the title of this episode. One hour after this episode came out, everything about South Park was wiped out of Chinese internet, and we were not allowed to post anything related to South Park on social media, or our account will be directly deleted. However we all love this episode, because nobody hates censorship more than us as we are living under censorship. South Park is the best.
@@danbardos3498 This comment rlly means a lot to me, life is pretty tough for us nowadays. Thank you so much, Dan. You made my day. Btw, the Dude abides!!!
I grew up watching South Park. In high school I remember you could watch every single episode on their website for free so I binged the entire catalog. Something I realized is that everyone is okay with South Park jokes until they’re about them. They make fun of everyone equally but people only realize it when they’re the ones being talked about. It’s an even playing field for everyone
Yes thank you. In prison I would hang a daily meme on the wall for 5 years straight, and they all stayed on the wall until it made fun of black people and then somebody would rip it down. So I hung up one saying "hey, I make fun of everyone up here, all colors and religions, even myself, so if you take these down you're being racist and racists people SUCK". Surprisingly, never got stabbed lol 😆
@@AMERICANA1155 damn! Thats awsome ! Now thats a religious belief that values humans life more than dogma ( at least in this reguard. Not to imply that it doesnt in other reguards, but im not that knowledgable about it) Have an awsome day!
Is it just me, or is it actually funnier to have a giant censor bar running around than it is to show some thing that’s offensive for the sake of being offensive.
is that why they wanted to show his face? just for the sake of being offensive? they literally have no reference of what Muhammed looked like so they just wanted to make shit up to make people angry? fucking weirdos
The original few seasons were legendary. Kick the baby, cartman's mom, mr hanky, mr hat, "it's comin right for us!" Everyone in school loved this show. I actually sent a hand written letter to the local TV station asking them to air it earlier. They sent a letter back thanking me for my input but saying it can't be put on sooner than midnight due to its content.
Them: Wait this title has a curse word in it you can’t show it. Matt and Trey: hmmm, alright. How about bigger longer and uncut Them: alright good Few days later…. Them: WAIT A MINUTE! Them: no!no!no!no!no!(realizes they can’t change it) NO!NO!NO!NO!NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I think the main "issue" with South Park is that you have to watch an entire episode and actually think about it to understand the point they're trying to make. it's like blatant offensiveness stacked together to create a pretty nuanced take away. but watch any clip out of context or watch an episode without critical thinking skills and you come away thinking an entirely different message is being conveyed. I've met a lot of ppl who think South Park is siding with them when they're either against them or making an entirely separate point entirely.
Reminds me of the Butters Bi curious episode. Watching the whole episode is very clear the writers are against those sort of "conversion therapy" camps but I saw some genuienly think what Butters dad did was right.
it blows my mind that people get so butthurt over cuss words and toilet humor in a cartoon but don't even bat an eye over the legitimate problems in our society and culture that the show depicts.
Well, most people with power are selfish, ignorant, greedy or just dumb. But most importantly, they can't see the bigger picture and care for people around them. And no, I am not saying this to be "edgy", the world would be much better if it wasn't the case. But
True, just because a show has some sick humor, dark humor and toliet humor and is most likely for the sake of satire, doesn’t mean people should take it quite literally and be upset in a huge span, South Park is the last thing we should be upset by in our world today
You nailed it... it's my favourite part about the show... people want to cancel south park, yet don't want to change the world for the better. They make fun of current events. Simple.
Dude I remember so vividly watching episodes 200 & 201 on TV when they first aired. I was only 13 in 2010, so I was SO confused what was going on with all the censorship. There was this one part at the end of 201 where Kyle goes, "You know, I learned something today" and then there just proceeds to be a minute and a half long censor beep. I literally thought my TV was broke so I turned it on on my parent's TV and it was obviously censored there too. It never aired on TV again, and I was so lucky to see it when I did.
I also love how the response of two specific groups, Mormons and Scientologists proved by those two groups responses, how much more forgiving each one is. Mormons being family oriented forgiving individuals, vs. Scientologist being vengful, bitter, and generally horrible people.
I was just thinking that. Like Trey and Matt said they knew mormons growing up. So, I think for them it was “well my friend is a mormon so, let’s focus on more on the positive side but still bash them” Scientology was different. They hated it because Isaac Hayes was one, and after his stroke he said he didn’t want to be on the show. (This was his group, of Scientologists who spoke on his behalf, as his son said they do now)
When I saw 201 the first time, I initially thought Kyle's long censor beep was intentional and absolutely hilarious. I thought it was too ludicrous to actually be legitimate.
Yeah, why would they beep it out when they could just cut out that section of the film entirely? Just add in another commercial. That was a dumb way to censor.
I remember seeing the uncensored version someone posted from the website’s hidden data, and he says something along the lines of, “I learned that it’s ok to use violence as a tool to get people to do what you want. Alalalalla!!! Alalalalallla!!!!” Pretty uncharacteristic of Kyle tbh
I recall a student in 7th grade being suspended from school for wearing a Kyle green hat. It was a South Park hat with no branding or logos. I mean, it was Kyle's hat, but everyone, even the staff, felt it was a little extreme.
The mexican flag thing is partially true, here in mexico media is not allowed to use our national symbols at all, there´s even a scene in jumanji where they play our national hymn at a gun shop, they removed it entirely for the latin american dub... That being said, it wouldn´t surprise me Felipe Calderon ordered the episode to be banned because of how it made fun of him, the dude is one of the worst presidents we´ve had in recent times, and he´s a well known alcoholic and w++e beater...
31:14 Adding to stick of truth controversy, there was a joke about the difficulty slider being tied directly to the color of your skin in the character creator
Also in The Stick of Truth, you fight one of the bosses while your parents are doing it.. In the background 💀 Even worse, if you aren’t careful, you get crushed by your father’s balls. I’m not kidding 💀
Scientology trying to uncover anything on these 2 is hillarious, mostly because they dont care. Imagine trying to dig up dirt on Geoffrey Dammar to make him look bad
It's especially funny because shit like this is what they made fun of scientology for. The fact they immediately stalked Matt and Trey to dig up dirt on them literally proved their entire point so the scientologists just fell right into their trap and made absolute fools of themselves in the process. The power Matt and Trey have with their criticisms is unparalleled and it's funny watching the people they make fun of immediately go around and prove them right, like in the Band in China episode
The token and Tolkien thing is amazing. The fact that they went through all the old episodes and changed the subtitles and everything from token to Tolkien is a W
When that episode aired I was so confused because I'm a Zoomer I've never heard of the "token" person of color before or I was just dumb enough to not get it until then but wow I was like I really didn't know that was a term for "inclusiveness" then I found it funny because I now see it everywhere in other media
They are trying to stay relevant by creating controversial stories and shock humor. They use to be good, but have became so irrelevant. Southpark is the New Simpsons Family Guy when it comes to declining quality. Only people who like them now are people who think being controversial for the sake of it is being edgy, when in reality, it's just poor storytelling. It lost its sarcastic, over the top tone that made it stand out.
@@HippieJoe I don't think it's their fault, I think Comedy Central had made them cut back on more offensive stuff because it would make them look bad. The comedy from season 1 to the current season has severely changed because ideology changed so what's borderline "acceptable" back then isn't acceptable at all now
@@HippieJoe They have literally done that since their pilot episode, it isn't your taste, understandable have a nice day. They have been consistent, People have become competitive in their campaigns for faux moral crusades.
There is a certain love to hating on everyone. It's the great equalizer. I'm certain Trey and Matt aren't making episodes thinking "I really hope people feel bad watching this, and never watch again because of it" I just think, as a ginger kid, that it was my turn. I felt noticed. I laughed, we are whiney and allergic to stuff, I get to tell soulless jokes to my friends. That improved my life. Coppercab was famous for his retort. Famous off South Park. Fuck me fuck you fuck everyone, but at the same time spend time loving those that the world has fucked. Aka...everyone in some way or another at some point.
@@Sheepy765.that's why people love it it makes fun of everyone equally (all this controversy comes from people who can't laugh at themselves (and Muslim terrorists (i will not call them muslim extremists or radical Muslims those are too soft of words for these crazy assholes)) and well jokes made too soon)
my favorite detail in the scientology episode is that south park literally had to put a disclaimer on the screen that this is ACTUALLY what scientologists believe in because of how stupid it is so that people dont mistake it for one of their jokes
If Assassin's Creed claims they know how genetic memory works, than I guess I can't blame myself for actually not laughing at scientology's believes. If a Man in the sky just jumpstarts it all, why can't aliens be included in the formula?
Whether you want to admit it or not, media does play a role in how children are raised. It’s absurd to think parents can monitor every bit of media their child consumes. While South Park probably wasn’t the sole reason for that day, it most likely was A reason for it
@@terrancegreen5383 That sounds like an excuse to me. It's a cop out. It is a crutch to lean on when the kids dont turn out right so you have something to blame other than yourself. If you really believe that is true, I feel really sorry for you.
@@josephtattum6365It’s@@josephtattum6365And children literally learn how to speak in part by consuming media. I feel sorry for anyone who doesn’t understand such a basic concept.
@@terrancegreen5383 Bruh, you don't cancel every show just because your child watches something he shouldn't, no one is responsible for what kids are watching than their parents.
I had no idea the gingers controversy was a universal thing. I was a red headed kid when the gingers episode came out and can confirm that my peers made fun of me for being ‘soul-less’ and all that. I still love South Park, the original message stands now.
My dad was an adult when the ginger episode aired. I was a child and watched it. Call it bad parenting if you want, but between the two of us, I was the one who understood the message was anti-hate while my dad decided ginger was a slur and always had been. We're both redheads. He used the episode as evidence of redhead hate despite neither of us ever being bullied for being redheads (quite the opposite, we both get regular compliments about how lovely our hair is). Foolish adults have often misinterpreted South Park because they don't understand what satire and sarcasm are.
I used to watch with my kids. Then we'd use whatever the topic to start a discussion. Kid friendly only applies to things that kids are going to watch without being prepared to discuss those things later. I wouldn't have appreciated the kids watching without those discussions. Your dad seemed to miss the point entirely. I grew up with All In The Family, where they used humor every week, to tackle real world issues that were far from humorous.
I'm glad you didn't get any hate for it, because as a redhead, that episode got me and two of my redheaded friends bruises on our shins from our classmates, for as young as fourth grade all the way up until eighth grade. I got called soulless and a witch in high school for my red hair, as the only redhead in the grades. Nothing so far in college, but I'm not done yet, so you never know.
The Le Petit Tourette episode was pretty good show casing that particular disability but as always for every good thing South park has it has something equally offensive.
That's because there was no real controversy. There were concerns about how the show will approach the topic of disabilities but once the first episodes with Timmy and Jimmy aired they actually got praised for how they handled it. The show constantly treats Jimmy and Timmy as what they are: people.
South Park actually seems to get a lot of praise for good disability rep, as it should. As much as it makes fun of everyone they’re surprisingly really good at portraying disabled people as like, actual people with personalities and shit. As a person with Tourette’s, Le Petit Tourette is one of my favorite episodes.
I feel like with the Steve Irwin bit, it was mainly a bad thing due to just how big of a figure he was in Australia. I can’t exactly remember what happened, but the day everyone found out what happened, everyone was driving slow on roads or something to that effect, it really hit the country in the gut. He represented australia as a whole, with how he would wrangle wild animals so easily while also treating them respectfully. It’s kinda hard to compare him to someone since America is kinda shitty when it comes to that with people always ending up controversial or some other bullshit, but to Australia, Steve Irwin was probably the nicest guy on earth while also being able to wrestle crocodiles. I’d say give it a year before airing stuff like that, that man was like Jesus resurrected with the ability to arm wrestle bears n shit
I’m a ginger and yeah, I received a lot of bullying because of that South Park episode. I don’t blame the creators though. I loved South Park and I still watch it. I think that it’s great that they really push the limits in their episodes. However, kids took it literally and I blame the kids who were stupid enough to take this episode seriously. I did at least call one of my bullies a dumb blonde since he was bringing up a hair color stereotype. 😂
18:26 after all these years I still can't handle the fact that they wrote THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGIST ACTUALLY BELIEVE across the screen. Without it, I wouldn't have believed that someone would actually believe this fever dream of a bad science fiction author.
I mean people also believe that some white dude in the sky is like "you best not fuck before you put a ring on that bitch, lest ye incur my wrath". The entire concept of religion becomes more and more ridiculous the more scientifically advanced we get. Or at least the concept of "organized" religion, where large groups all believe the exact same thing. I've got nothing against people that are simply spiritual and believe something of their own choosing, but I've seen too many religious fanatics to give church as a whole the benefit of the doubt.
@@drswaqqinscheckingin7210 There is a reason why people's IQ's go up as they get older, it isn't that we're actually getting more intelligent, the average is taking a nose dive with each successive change to the education system resulting in churning out kids that do not know how to think. This is why people are low enough now to buy into that garbage.
25:01 it's sad to see that we've became so stupid that an episode that didn't cause controversies in it's time and was even praised would not have been made today
I gotta say something about the redhead Cartman episode, saying that it singlehandedly set off a worldwide thing. The ginger thing has been around for a very long time. As a kid with neon red hair, I got mad flak in the 80s and 90s. I went to multiple schools due to moving a lot, and it was the same at all places, so it wasn't just a one-off thing. As some form of an attempt at consolation, older people would tell me about other people they knew that were teased for having red hair. It's discussed in the book Anne of Green Gables (published in 1908), where Anne, a redhead, was teased at school for her red hair. I'm sure a plethora of examples exist for other places and times as well. I know there were jokes about teasing redheads and redheads not having souls in British comedy shows prior to this SP episode. The SP episode may have brought it to light somewhat, but it certainly didn't kick off a worldwide trend.
French philosopher Montesquieu mentions in his 1748 book The Spirit of Law that Ancient Egyptians (supposedly) killed all redheads, as a way to show the absurdity of enslaving black people (which btw is not too far from what South Park did). So yeah, it's a very old idea.
I imagine that's the exact reason why they chose red heads to target in that episode, as opposed to, say, blondes or something. Like, South Park didn't just decide to poke fun at red heads for no reason lol. It was definitely a thing long before that episode, like you said.
Kids aren’t supposed to watch South Park, it’s an 18+ show. It’s the parents’ fault if they watch it. Should we censor Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad and every adult show in case kids watch it?
@@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking Its sad that so many parents just let their kids look at 18+ stuff and play 18+ games when they are not even 10. It makes me scared of the furture
My sister's bestie in the early 90's was ginger and got bullied so bad her mom let her dye her hair at 14 which wasnt a thing at the time (at least in my area). People were telling her she was souless (yes already) and that she stank of cheese, that she was filthy and a pr0stitute. In the middle age, red hair was considered sign of the devil.
It’s really difficult to describe how cool South Park was when it first came on. First of all, you had to have Comedy Central and essentially no one had Comedy Central back then…so you’d have to go to a friend’s house. The show was unlike anything that came before it…not necessarily in its offensiveness but just that it rang totally true. The kids talked like we did, the situations were ridiculous and the entire adult cast was almost impossibly stupid. For 13 year old me, it was a *total* revelation. I don’t remember the controversy of its early existence so much as it feeling truly countercultural and hip.
22:55 It's funny that Catholic organizations were offended by this episode from season 9, when "Red Hot Catholic Love" from season 6 is arguably a way more offensive depiction of the Catholic church, directly satirizing their history of covering of sexual abuse by priests.
It's always funny when the people who get mad about something controversial in the show are usually just further proving the point of the thing they're mad about.
The China Problem is brilliant. The “assault scene” just depicts what fans of Indiana Jones were seeing what was doing to one of their favorite childhood characters. The scene is also a not so thinly veiled reference the film The Accused , which gives another layer to how clever this episode is.
The thing you forgot to mention about the movie was, They got pissed off at the demands of the MPAA so they started submitting even worse cuts as a "fuck you" to them and they ended up getting approved. Trey even went on record as saying the movie was MORE offensive than they had originally planned as a result of them messing with the MPAA and a lot of scenes were added that never even meant to be there like the Brian Boytano song.
Not only that, but the MPAA tried the EXACT same shit when they made Team America: World Police. However, I heard that Matt and Trey were 5 steps ahead of the MPAA. They made the "sex scene" in Team America extremely long and uncomfortable from what I heard (I don't remember, but I think it was like 3 to 5 minutes long). The scene was edited 9 times before it was given an R rating. Funny thing, all the things "cut" were things they didn't even want in the movie anyway, so made the MPAA "think" they won by censoring the movie, when in reality, in the end, Matt and Trey won. I think this is one reason why Matt and Trey haven't released any more movies to theaters as the MPAA would probably slap an NC-17 right away just because they are pissed at them. Seriously, fuck the MPAA. They are nothing but a censorship organization anyway.
Fun fact, when the Muhammed cartoons controversy was happening, the man that got it as worse as it did in Denmark, Ahmed Akkari, fled to Narsaq, Greenland for couple of years and worked as a English teacher where I graduated from. I didn't get to have him as a teacher, but my little sister did and actually liked his classes.
The only time I genuinely held my hand over my mouth and said "oh my god" over and over (while laughing) was during the ending of It's a Jersey Thing when Al Qaeda flew commercial jets into the crowd of Jerseyites. It wasn't the most shocking thing they'd ever done but for some reason I was sure it'd be banned
Hahaha that's the only episode I really remembered from watching it as a kid, probably being 11 or 12. Most hilarious thing I've ever seen on television 😂 getting your enemy to help you in difficult times, and then them doing it "their way" 🤣 And Japanese killing Whales and Dolphins because US said they nuked them, and later making them believe it was cows and chicks so they become "normal" 🤣 Only 2 I remembered. Rewatched everything last year with 21.
@@daniel_960_ I remember watching this in early 2000s as a kid when it came out. It's crazy to think with all the controversial topics it's has it's still on it's only 2 years younger then me
man i remember watching that when it aired and started cheering just because of how much i hated jersey shore and how everybody talked about it when i was in school. I just don't get "reality" TV especially since you can just pay people without scripting and follow them around to see them act like trash. Though at least they got him at the end of the episode.
I always thought the Steve Irwin bit was a great way to poke fun at how people pretend to be sad when a celebrity dies. Satan confronts Steve Irwin saying he thinks his outfit is offensive because Irwin just died. After Steve explains he's the real Steve Irwin, Satan tells him he has to leave because it's a costume party lol. I vaguely remember people judging the way the Irwin handled animals and many comedians made fun of him for it. So to see people flip to his side entirely after his death was weird. I wonder if Matt and Trey had this in mind or if I'm just reading too much into it. Regardless I think the joke is more relevant today with it feeling like celebrities die more often.
I've been binging south park and they had a whole episode later that aired back in 09 that poked fun at a bunch of celebs when a lot of celebs died like billie mayes and michael jackson and they never did any like sad bits at all it was just for Steve Irwin it was a def just a jab at the people that get fake sad
Personally I don't believe this show is transphobic, they basically covered that in the scene where Sheila explains to Kyle why ppl get sex change operations and he's like "oh cool that makes perfect sense" (before he and Gerald get carried away). HOWEVER I can kinda see how ppl get the idea that the show kinda paints transgender ppl as "phonies" bc in cases like Garrison, Heather Swanson, Cartman, etc, basically any time the show brings them up, the "trans" character has an ulterior motive for transitioning or smth. As stereotypical as some depictions of homosexuality are in this show a la Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave, there are also many good organic depictions such as Tweek, Craig and Satan. I'm sure if the show had at least 1 genuinely trans character like them, ppl wouldn't claim the show is transphobic so much bc that sounds like bullcrap to me. Just my 2 cents
I agree, I think the representation in the past for trans character in South Park (and basically everything) was far worse than more recent attempts. South Park is interesting since you get to watch the views of the creators become more nuanced and even empathic as the series progresses. Such as how they use to make fun of global warming warners with Man Bear Pig but eventually doubled down on that admitting that the vicious mutant pig was real. With satire there is a sense of responsibility that a lot of people understate, so it's nice to see the show acknowledging it's past faults in some ways, but I feel they need to go further with acknowledging their past history of transphobia even if it's just indirect through making fun of transphobic individuals
The sex change operation episode was really genius. Depicted the absurdity of it pretty well. Think you're a dolphin or a black basketball player? Well changing your looks and anatomy won't get you far, best thing you can do is go swim with dolphins or just play basketball 😂
I've always felt that the Church of Scientology played a huge roll in the death of Mr. Isaac Hayes. He apparently was forced to sign waivers declaring NOT to perform medical services on him after his stroke. With the church stating his health concerns were "minor". Yeah that didn't work out so well did it....? And this seriously got swept under the rug. Pure sadness. The show isn't as great without Chef. His presence played a large portion of humor for the show. Since day one!!! Chef was there!! "Hello Children" was one of my favorite lines. The way he said it even though there was only one person he was speaking to. An amazing person (Hayes) is gone but immortalized in our hearts 💕🥰 and not forgotten.
32:56 I'm trans, I didn't see the episode as transphobic. I can see HOW it could be seen that way but I didn't see it that way because it's not about a trans woman, it's about someone using real trans people as a scapegoat for their own hatred and manipulation
It’s also about how women can be hurt by things that are meant to be inclusive but are poorly thought out or understood. I thought the episode handled several themes including what you pointed out elegantly in their own crude way.
As a woman I must admit I saw things in the "Virgin Mary" episode about my sex that made me grateful for Feminism. I saw a juxtaposition of a supposed 'curse' being treated as a blessing. This is so rare in media I'm not sure I'm even correct in seeing this.
there's a sizeable fraction of Mormons here in the UK. I once asked a couple of the young elders about the episode and one of them just burst out laughing and said "yeah that was pretty funny". They also thought the musical was pretty funny too.
Pretty sure the controversy w Steve Irwin was that people were pissed off that the show was kinda implying that a guy most ppl saw as a good guy would be in hell with serial killers like that...
As an Australian, it was definitely more what was said in the video, though I recall it being described as "someone dressed up as Steve Irwin" and not that it was Steve Irwin in most news stories covering it
the alcoholism episide was kinda poking fun at "Christianity" as a whole. when Stan goes to AA to tell them to stop indoctrinating his dad he points out that AA is kind of an extension of church in how it says they have to submit to a higher power.
Most early aa programs were heavy on religion which if it works for you then good but someone who grew up with 0 religion is going to feel totally helpless thankfully most rehab program stopped with he church based ideas
@@tettproctor7377 which is one of the reasons SP is liked so much. Its their "it's all funny or non of its funny" approach, at least thats why I love the show. I get a little tired of the social commentary, but at least they maintain that approach. Which is why the Mohammad episode is such BS on comedy centrals part. At least the cartoon wars episode didnt get "get 1 episode pulled" scenario right in this instance.
@@jace2802 eh imo AA and NA are still way too religious based. Which is understandable, the 12 steps were made by a Christian with Christianity in mind, and there is an effort to making it more applicable to non religious people which is good. But in my experience it goes "the 12 steps say you have to give in to a higher power, now that doesn't have to be God (wink wink), could be anything, but for me it's God" type deal. SMRT recovery is a better option for non religious people imo
I used to have an English teacher who had plushes of all the main characters and anyone who wore a hoodie was permanently renamed to Kenny, almost every lesson had a South Park reference. She even called a fat kid cartman once but luckily the kid didn't catch on or complain but you could tell she regretted saying it right away.
Ive purchased every South Park season as it was released since I was a child. I started watching when I was 8 and it made me fall in love with humor. My first South Park dvd I watched was B.L.U. Rented from blockbuster Those seasons weren’t cheap back then at $40 .
I'm Christian and I was raised in the church my whole life and I can say that I've never been offended by Southpark. It's an adult comedy show that talks about important issues that are taking place at the time of the shows being aired. They do an amazing job at showing the perspective of opposing angles, and how the adults act more immature than the children that are trying to make sense of issues that adults can't handle, these "contreversies" being a perfect example lol
Same lol, the whole joke that every Catholic priest's a pedo except for one was particularly hilarious. Even the missionary episode. And even though I can see that they might not be entirely accurate in certain religions/cultures, they still utilize the concept well. And God, the Imaginationland episode's entire concept was such a landmine to touch but they chose to and executed it really well.
Don't actually follow the teachings but a Christian. A true Christian wouldn't be watching South Park. Just proving that Christians are I am a Christian that picks and chooses the parts of the Bible that I like and ignores the parts I dislike.
@@Onthebrink5 A true Christian wouldn't be out here trolling just to gain a reaction, instead a true Christian would be watching South Park and enjoying the nuances and even find the connections between an episode and the Bible
As someone in the LGBT community (I understand I dont speak for everyone but like, idrc) I don't think the strong woman thing was transphobic, it was literally just a device to get the plot moving while mentioning that it was a touchy topic. I believe the show had transphobic themes in the first few season but like, that was the late 90s and 2000s and matt and trey say they do learn and grow and dont always agree with their previous episodes. And at the end of the day its just south park, not to be taken seriously and it makes fun of everyone for everything equally
I'm a minority The one thing that separates SP from other shows is the fact they say offensive stuff on EVERYTHING Lgbt, straight people,white people,black people,billionaires,poor people and more Basically this show doesn't glorify any points of views it critics all of them,right or wrong. So in the end it's clear as glass that the show clearly has no "opinion" if none are glorified
there’s a difference between SP and stand up for example as well. It’s an abstract view of people and politics that exist. It’s a fictional world effected by real life politics. it’s really clever
in my opinion that kinda gives the show little value, like they dont ever really seem to believe anything they just wanna make people mad. i see that as more harmful than entertaining but thats just me.
I'm still bitter about the video game being censored. When we finally got an R rating we thought that meant that we would get games as they were intended. But they just kept censoring and banning things anyway. I still haven't finished the game as I always seem to abandon them, but my sister informed me that one of the censored parts was supposed to be a tutorial to a part that occurred later in the game, so she had no clue what she was supposed to do at the end and ended up having to find a playthrough on TH-cam so she could find out.
There are ways to get the games uncensored. I know I‘ve played an uncensored version of the stick of truth, but I used a friend’s steam account so I don’t know how.
i think my parents did it right when introducing this show to me. i was allowed to watch most the episodes when i was younger (for obvious reasons i want allowed to see super gorey ones) but my dad also made sure i wasnt getting the wrong message from the show. its kinda pointless to try and force kids to not watch something they want to watch because theyll find a way no matter what. what you can do is influence what they learn from the show and be there to explain things as they watch
Holy shit that's smart. I now wish more parents were like this. My parents didn't allow us to watch sp and a few other shows but we still did. But they taught us enough about keeping our mouth shut or seeing things different.
Hell yeah. I remember when this show came out and it was pretty much immediately a "quality-time" show for my dad and I. We watched it religiously and still do. My mom was a bit vocal about not liking me watching it, but she did fuck all about it and eventually just joined us and learned to love it. (She can't help it, she was raised super, nuns-beating-you-with-rulers catholic)
yeah i grew up on "lighter" R rated movies and shows like South Park, my dad was very smart and still fairly selective. The Matrix was my first favorite movie for example (obviously nowadays, Matrix is not even a heavy PG-13, but the MPAA has yet rerate it). My dad just sat with me and explained things that i didn't get and he didn't show me episodes that had concepts that would go over my head--overly political episodes and such we would wait a bit on, he'd show me episodes like Towelie, Christian Rock Hard, and Make Love, Not Warcraft, because they are objectively lighter episodes and still some of my favorites
As a trans person, I don’t find South Park transphobic because I personally believe they’re mocking how people *think* trans people are (e.g. in *Cissy* when Cartman only “transitions” to be in the women’s bathroom, and when Heather Swanson only “transitions” to get back at Strong Woman). Then again, I’m ftm and not mtf, so I’m not sure if I fully get to speak on it, so take what I say with a grain of salt
I started watching this show in my early teenage years, practically learned most of my english from hearing it from these character portrayed by Trey, Matt and sometimes others. As time went by there were so many lessons I unknowingly learned from these episodes, lots of admiration for the consistency which you highlighted very well... If you happen to be in a country where the website works, virtually every episode is available for free, maybe a few are censored. Thanks a lot for uploading this, your work is much appreciated
My MOTHER stumbled into south Park on TV. I still remember HOW EXCITED she was to tell me n recorded it for me. She died in 3/7/01. Her finding me great comedy is her best gift she ever gave me
I’m a ginger and was a kid when the ginger episode came out. I thought it was absolutely hilarious but to be fair girls with red hair are treated extremely differently than boys with red hair. I got complimented all the time for my hair but guys, I’ve noticed, are picked on a lot more.
I don't think it's a coincidence that I've found this 🤔 but for some reason this is true. My experience is older black women complementing me and then everyone else...
@@Marandal i used have a ginger friend in the army. None of us ever care about him for how he looks, he was a good guy. Very friendly and a good soldier. I don't know why you people get that kind of treathment.
The Steve Irwin controversy I empathize with. When they make fun of groups of people or religions it’s ok because it doesn’t target individuals on a personal level. That’s why I think the Steve Irwin bit is in poor taste. Also it is ok for them to make fun of individuals like the serials killers you mentioned because they are rotten people and deserve no respect.
About the serial killers, I think was Bloom was trying to say is that why is no one commenting on the serial killers when that can affect the people who were victims to them
7 weeks had passed since his death. I'm sure Steve would find it funny looking down and appreciated the recognition. It wasn't a personal attack on him (unlike many other episodes with famous people), it just showed how he died.
As a Mormon, I was incredibly proud of the way we handled it. A decent amount of people in my church actually really liked the episode and the play because it got people to ask questions to real lds people. Mormons of the past had to deal with people outright murdering them for their beliefs so we aren't exactly pansies about basic criticism.
Its true Mormons were massacred in Mississippi, thats why yall are in Utah and act like that. But the Mormons have killed more Utah travelers than any Mormons that were massacred.
@@deadmeatjb That's true that the early Mormons killed people, and there is a public apology from the church for the mountain meadows massacre. I definitely don't defend that. Anybody else who was killed was a frenzied response to the discrimination of the time. When they settled in Utah, it was the first spot where they were able to put down buildings without people coming after them, so they were really paranoid about spies and the like. I'm definitely not saying it was right, but they weren't just killing because they felt like it. There was a reason. Also we don't even know how many Mormons died because 22 died in the conflict with Mississippi, but an unknown number died from exposure after being kicked out of there. All early churches have their controversies and bad histories, but context helps a little in this case. I also appreciate that the modern church doesn't hide it. It's very refreshing compared to a lot of other, older Christian denominations.
@@heroawesome8495 you actually did try justifying it. You said "it was a frenzied response to persecution" and then followed by maybe more than 22 Mormons died which could compare to the 120 mt meadows. Let me add more to Mormons since you like looking through your specific pov. A branch of the Mormons broke away from Utah to rape and murder just as much this time in Mexico, mitt romneys dad if you want to look into it but there were other leaders. Its easier to accept that the US has always had christian extremists, started with the puritans, witch trials, southern baptists, too Mormons, too latter day saints, to expat seriel killers.
@@deadmeatjb the Mormons who escaped to Mexico started their own church called the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. They broke away when we stopped practicing polygamy and we do not associate with them. They are a separate church. Also, I was just explaining how the political climate was like at the time that led to these terrible crimes being committed. It's not ok and the church has apologized and said these were atrocities. Murder and rape have always been sins. I don't know what you want me to do. Build a time machine?
@@heroawesome8495 should prob stop making excuses for the church, broke away or not their ideas started somewhere, just cuz the church apologized doesnt mean you should defend them.. this much.
I think the censorship on 201 brings a more artistic expression than if it wasn't there; everything they are talking about is being presented right before your eyes. Talking about how certain things will limit one's freedom of speech, and their free speech is literally limited. Also, Kyle's censored speech, intentional or unintentional, is still hilarious!
@@Kortifexiii That's a pretty retarded take. If you can censor anything for being 'literally offensive,' then you don't really have free speech. Go spout your nonsense in a theocracy.
@@Kortifexiii They are literally offending almost every single thing on this Earth, and I don't see those muslims criticizing those things. Such hypocrites lmao. What are ya'll, the Chinese government? Always threatening with even the slightest of insults? Mormons were imo depicted more positive in the show since they didn't act like pussies and threatening actual violence upon the creators
@@Kortifexiii Muslims are offended by cartoonists depicting their pedo prophet, but not by the fact that their cult allows them to marry and rape childrens, beat their wives, have several wives, own slaves and rape them, treat non-muslims as non-humans, kill non-muslims, etc... Yeah, truly, we should listen to them.
There was a controversy with the disability camp episode. I'm disabled and have found ALL episodes of South Park hilarious. The one episode I sometimes have a problem with is when Jimmy is stuttering and they make fun of it.
33:42 I’m a trans man and i personally don’t think this episode is transphobic because heather only transitioned for revenge I don’t get how people COULD see this as transphobic since it doesn’t make any logical sense
As a former mormon, I had to laugh at just how accurate the episode was! They could have been much worse, showing more of the racism in mormonism, so if they want to be upset perhaps they should do another episode showing "white and delightsome" native people being magically turned "dark and loathsome" as their scripture teaches
15:21 as a trans person myself, i find this episode to be hilarious and anyone who is offended or considers it "transphobic" needs to go outside 💀i also 100% agree with what you said about the episode board girls. it was less of a critique on trans people, and more on fragile masculinity. heathers only reason for "transitioning" was to get revenge on an ex, which doesn't make someone trans, just someone who wants to get revenge.
Admittedly, since I watched it around when I started to realize I was trans myself, I felt...a bit uncomfortable watching it, but I grew to appreciate it more when I realized what the actual idea was and got more familiar with the show! Definitely a lot better than the other episode on that topic-
Its not a huge favourite of mine as an episode. I get the message and meaninh behind it, however i feel like this episode could be used to fuel transphobia. A normal watcher of the show would know that Mr Garrison is a terrible person and he is not representative of trans people, but transphobic people could use it to be like “look, this is what all trans people are like!” idk if my explanation makes sense
@@mariam8275 i feel like anyone who would use this as “fuel for transphobia” would probably already feel that way and most likely be talking about trans issues with even worse examples anyway. I think the biggest point, which i find hilarious, is about the toxic masculinity of a percentage of men would drive someone to go so far for revenge while in the b storyline reflecting the same issue with a non trans situation but with children not adults so you see how childish the whole thought process is. its basically the entire format of south park… take the biggest taboo/hot button subject people are talking about or are too afraid to comment on… watch people advertise it by calling it hateful and bigoted with out seeing the episode or understanding the message… slip in the real message, make “over the line” controversial jokes that are so outlandish no right minded person would think its what they believe and stir the pot with people… have real message be something so painfully obvious it can be summed up by 4th graders in 2 minutes and point out the stupidity of the whole “controversy” in the first place cause the episode was never actually about that. (i get that this is just my opinion not a matter of fact but matt and trey have claimed to not publicly defend their material to anyone because the people who are the loudest about it either miss the message havent seen the actual content or last any logical ability to see humor and separate it from whatever platform they are defending)
South Park used to be a weekly EVENT that everyone talked about because everyone saw it at the same time and it always nailed the prevailing issue ‘not voiced’ but in everyone’s mind. 🏆
It’s absolutely perfect of Matt and Trey to depict Jennifer Lopez as someone who is rude and entitled, and is quick to violence when she hears something she doesn’t like, because how did she react to that? If she says nothing, then people assume it’s true. If she acts all rude and entitled and attacks the show because of something she doesn’t like, she’s also proving it true. It’s absolutely perfect.
I love the controversy that the show stirs up, that's part of what made me get into it in the first place. My favorite controversy is Banned in China and 201, because those episodes truly tackle censorship and freedom of speech. Awesome job like always Blooms. Godspeed! 🤟
btw it's funny how the South Park movie was changed to (what I think is) a better title due to censorship bc the same thing happened for the Fractured But Whole game. It was originally gonna be called the Butthole of Time and while the developers told Trey & Matt they could call it that, game stores would not openly display it anywhere. So they had to alter it
I love that people are rewriting history and making it seem like in the early seasons Trey and Matt didn’t do all the offensive jokes and themes just because it was hilarious.
Bigger Longer Uncut was the hardest I laughed in my life. The only regret I had is I didn't get to see it with my friends, I was 18 and they were still only 17. Totally worth it
One I'm surprised wasn't in there was the Terrance and Phillip Comedy Hour. This was the one episode that really caused controversy among the fans. It was basically Matt and Trey trolling the fans who had been waiting for the resolution of a cliffhanger.
eh not rlly a controversy, just negative fan reception. might've been worth mentioning tho since the reception is what caused part 2 of cartman's mom is a dirty slut to actually be made, they were originally gonna just leave it as a part 1 and never resolve it
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i find it funny that "Bloody Mary" caused so much issues, when there is literally a episode where jesus is gunned down and killed in Iraq while trying to save Santa.
agreed. It just speaks to the thing Matt and Trey spoke about with the whole Isaac Hayes situation. "How can you be offended by this one thing when we have done so much to offend everybody else?"Being offended is so subjective and arbitrary. And you literally cannot watch and like south park and be offended by some episodes and not other because that just makes you a huge hypocrite.
I missed that one. I gotta see it
They showed Muhammad in older episodes without anyone even noticing
@@splinte111 I think it caused more criticism, because it was directed at the catholics believe in saints and wonders. Rather than a generalized attack on jesus. Like Christians are used to people making fun of jesus and jesus himself even said that they shouldn’t attack someone on his behalf and that people aren’t at fault for their own disbelief in him. But the Catholic Church values saints and mother marry, because they have suffered for their faith. An ideal Christians still to this day value. And they get defensive when someone is attacking martyrs, wich can’t defend themselves and often even died because they have been attacked for their beliefs.
In their head they defend fellow humans not god, who doesn’t need them defending people.
Don’t forget about Jesus on steroids lol
I am from China and being a South Park fan for more than 10 yrs, something might surprise you is that South Park has a huge and solid fan base in China even now. Band in China did change a lot of things, we knew something really bad would happen when we first saw the title of this episode. One hour after this episode came out, everything about South Park was wiped out of Chinese internet, and we were not allowed to post anything related to South Park on social media, or our account will be directly deleted. However we all love this episode, because nobody hates censorship more than us as we are living under censorship. South Park is the best.
...if that's the case then how did you post this comment?
@@ShermTank7272 because of vpn…….
Nice to see The Dude abides. Even in China. ✊
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I grew up watching South Park. In high school I remember you could watch every single episode on their website for free so I binged the entire catalog. Something I realized is that everyone is okay with South Park jokes until they’re about them. They make fun of everyone equally but people only realize it when they’re the ones being talked about. It’s an even playing field for everyone
I also grew up watching it and loved their website in high school.
Offensive to everyone except the Mormons, we loved that crap.
Yes thank you. In prison I would hang a daily meme on the wall for 5 years straight, and they all stayed on the wall until it made fun of black people and then somebody would rip it down. So I hung up one saying "hey, I make fun of everyone up here, all colors and religions, even myself, so if you take these down you're being racist and racists people SUCK". Surprisingly, never got stabbed lol 😆
@@zacharykeller9725 this is why Mormons are the good guys in the episode meant to mock them.
@@realistic_delinquent Lol, Were just happy to be acknowledged.
Say what you will about the Mormons, those "you've seen the show, now read the book" ads were objectively hilarious.
As a Mormon I can definitely say we all love South Park
Except for Utah Mormons cause they can be pretty pc tbh😂
@@AMERICANA1155Yeah bro, all the other ones besides the Utah ones are chill XD
@@AMERICANA1155 damn!
Thats awsome !
Now thats a religious belief that values humans life more than dogma ( at least in this reguard. Not to imply that it doesnt in other reguards, but im not that knowledgable about it)
Have an awsome day!
@@MalkuthEmperor um you too bro ig
I mean it's just good business.
Is it just me, or is it actually funnier to have a giant censor bar running around than it is to show some thing that’s offensive for the sake of being offensive.
i agree. it is WAY funnier as a censor bar
Same
is that why they wanted to show his face? just for the sake of being offensive? they literally have no reference of what Muhammed looked like so they just wanted to make shit up to make people angry? fucking weirdos
Whatever bomber man
Definitely isn't funnier
I love it when celebrities go ahead and behave exactly like how they were portrayed in South Park , you can’t get more hilarious than that.
Reminds me of the backlash from Meghan and Harry after the episode they were featured in lol
how ironic.
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Kanye West was the absolute best example. He actually didnt get the joke. Gold.
The original few seasons were legendary. Kick the baby, cartman's mom, mr hanky, mr hat, "it's comin right for us!"
Everyone in school loved this show. I actually sent a hand written letter to the local TV station asking them to air it earlier. They sent a letter back thanking me for my input but saying it can't be put on sooner than midnight due to its content.
lmao
W
It's nice they actually responded.
Bigger, Longer, Uncut will never cease to be hilarious. The fact they snuck it past the censors as well is icing on the cake.
Kinda was just depicting what was happening with South Park
Yea that was better then Hell unleashed LOL man they sure beat rhe censor
Them: Wait this title has a curse word in it you can’t show it.
Matt and Trey: hmmm, alright. How about bigger longer and uncut
Them: alright good
Few days later….
Them: WAIT A MINUTE!
Them: no!no!no!no!no!(realizes they can’t change it) NO!NO!NO!NO!NOOOOOOOOOOO!
@@killerdragonark1128 I never understood what bigger longer and uncut meant
@@crisxian_g refers to the male genitalia.
I think the main "issue" with South Park is that you have to watch an entire episode and actually think about it to understand the point they're trying to make. it's like blatant offensiveness stacked together to create a pretty nuanced take away. but watch any clip out of context or watch an episode without critical thinking skills and you come away thinking an entirely different message is being conveyed. I've met a lot of ppl who think South Park is siding with them when they're either against them or making an entirely separate point entirely.
I literally just experienced that when I went to go watch the Garrison sex Ed clip all the comments are on some “gay libruls grooming my kids!!” shit
Well...their episode about the 2013 SARS epidemic was...yeah...time proved them wrong.
Reminds me of the Butters Bi curious episode. Watching the whole episode is very clear the writers are against those sort of "conversion therapy" camps but I saw some genuienly think what Butters dad did was right.
@@matthewcassidy1282Yeah. I saw some anti evolution Christian use Mr garrison explaining evolution as proof that it didn’t happen
Kanye reacted to the fish sticks episode in a eerily similar way to how it played out in the episode
it blows my mind that people get so butthurt over cuss words and toilet humor in a cartoon but don't even bat an eye over the legitimate problems in our society and culture that the show depicts.
Well, most people with power are selfish, ignorant, greedy or just dumb. But most importantly, they can't see the bigger picture and care for people around them. And no, I am not saying this to be "edgy", the world would be much better if it wasn't the case. But
Because changing real problems would take more effort than bitching on Twitter.
@@simsusbimsus In short, they are not the Brightest, nor Open minded.
True, just because a show has some sick humor, dark humor and toliet humor and is most likely for the sake of satire, doesn’t mean people should take it quite literally and be upset in a huge span, South Park is the last thing we should be upset by in our world today
You nailed it... it's my favourite part about the show... people want to cancel south park, yet don't want to change the world for the better. They make fun of current events. Simple.
Dude I remember so vividly watching episodes 200 & 201 on TV when they first aired. I was only 13 in 2010, so I was SO confused what was going on with all the censorship. There was this one part at the end of 201 where Kyle goes, "You know, I learned something today" and then there just proceeds to be a minute and a half long censor beep. I literally thought my TV was broke so I turned it on on my parent's TV and it was obviously censored there too. It never aired on TV again, and I was so lucky to see it when I did.
I’m glad you can find them on TH-cam now. I was mad that they just leave those episodes out on streaming services.
I also love how the response of two specific groups, Mormons and Scientologists proved by those two groups responses, how much more forgiving each one is. Mormons being family oriented forgiving individuals, vs. Scientologist being vengful, bitter, and generally horrible people.
And muslims
Oy, what’s wrong with Muslims?
@@thamas_420 hahahaha
@@thamas_420 It’s not Muslims it’s terrorist groups and the Taliban.
I was just thinking that. Like Trey and Matt said they knew mormons growing up. So, I think for them it was “well my friend is a mormon so, let’s focus on more on the positive side but still bash them”
Scientology was different. They hated it because Isaac Hayes was one, and after his stroke he said he didn’t want to be on the show. (This was his group, of Scientologists who spoke on his behalf, as his son said they do now)
When I saw 201 the first time, I initially thought Kyle's long censor beep was intentional and absolutely hilarious. I thought it was too ludicrous to actually be legitimate.
Yeah, why would they beep it out when they could just cut out that section of the film entirely? Just add in another commercial. That was a dumb way to censor.
@@greywolf7577 it proved a point though.
@@greywolf7577 it was a smart way of doing it, or else no one would know it was censored. Clearly went over your head
I first thought it was a self-pun on South Park's "I learned something today" endings.
I remember seeing the uncensored version someone posted from the website’s hidden data, and he says something along the lines of,
“I learned that it’s ok to use violence as a tool to get people to do what you want. Alalalalla!!! Alalalalallla!!!!”
Pretty uncharacteristic of Kyle tbh
I recall a student in 7th grade being suspended from school for wearing a Kyle green hat. It was a South Park hat with no branding or logos. I mean, it was Kyle's hat, but everyone, even the staff, felt it was a little extreme.
@@icedqqin middle school i used to sing the dreidel song in pe then i got in trouble because the pe coach heard me say ‘ jews play stupid games’
I dressed up as Kenny, in 4th grade, at a catholic school. Even brought my Kenny doll in.
Never got in trouble
@@icedqq That's not even that bad lmao Censorship is bullshit
@@icedqq apparently in my high school their was a case of people beating up a gay dude in the locker I didn’t hear about it until months had past
It's true
The mexican flag thing is partially true, here in mexico media is not allowed to use our national symbols at all, there´s even a scene in jumanji where they play our national hymn at a gun shop, they removed it entirely for the latin american dub...
That being said, it wouldn´t surprise me Felipe Calderon ordered the episode to be banned because of how it made fun of him, the dude is one of the worst presidents we´ve had in recent times, and he´s a well known alcoholic and w++e beater...
He sounds like a cry baby
Sounds like whiny bicth
To be fair to Scientology, how can you get dirt on 2 dudes who have admitted to doing acid and going to the Oscar’s in dresses 😂😂
i mean the worst thing you could dig up is that they made south park lol
The literal first thing that popped to my mind when that was being said and im glad someone came to say it.
If they found out that Matt and Trey were gay and sucked each other off every Saturday night, people would just be like “yeah, we figured. Anyway…”
That's actually badass, why are you implying that it can be used as dirt?
The dresses thing is awesome, I don't see how you have a problem with that?
31:14 Adding to stick of truth controversy, there was a joke about the difficulty slider being tied directly to the color of your skin in the character creator
That was in The Fractured But Whole, but he did miss that.
did it actually or was it just for shits and giggles?
It genuinely affected gameplay @@comatose1818
@@comatose1818 IIRC there's one boss fight later in the game where your character gets targeted more often if he's black.
Also in The Stick of Truth, you fight one of the bosses while your parents are doing it.. In the background 💀 Even worse, if you aren’t careful, you get crushed by your father’s balls. I’m not kidding 💀
The way Jennifer Lopez reacted to the South Park episode and people who mention it just proves South Park even more right lmao
kanye as well. like it’s deeply poetic that the episode is about him not getting the joke and irl he… didn’t get the joke.
I was just thinking this
It's such a great Cartman episode too, easily one of the best they've ever done. She'll never escape it.
R u even ssj3
@@morgboat744 I just love how South Park is mentioned in what's considered Kanye's greatest album 😂(MBDTF)
Scientology trying to uncover anything on these 2 is hillarious, mostly because they dont care. Imagine trying to dig up dirt on Geoffrey Dammar to make him look bad
If anything it just makes matt and trey look really good considering how people in the industry can be
It's especially funny because shit like this is what they made fun of scientology for. The fact they immediately stalked Matt and Trey to dig up dirt on them literally proved their entire point so the scientologists just fell right into their trap and made absolute fools of themselves in the process. The power Matt and Trey have with their criticisms is unparalleled and it's funny watching the people they make fun of immediately go around and prove them right, like in the Band in China episode
Bro who tf is Geoffrey Dammar
@@juice6199 they meant Jeffrey Dahmar, the serial killer
@@SurotaOnishi daaamn that's some interesting spelling.
Lol they should've Googled that
"Huh what's nambla"
"That's weird it immediately stops autofilling when you type 'namb'"
"Oh... Oh dear"
"No no no no no it isn't MY lack of parenting and lack of care for my child, it's simply the show's fault for existing and being offensive"
Blame Canada.
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@@fatdaddy1996
Blame Canada! 🎵
Blame Canada
blame canada
The token and Tolkien thing is amazing. The fact that they went through all the old episodes and changed the subtitles and everything from token to Tolkien is a W
When that episode aired I was so confused because I'm a Zoomer I've never heard of the "token" person of color before or I was just dumb enough to not get it until then but wow I was like I really didn't know that was a term for "inclusiveness" then I found it funny because I now see it everywhere in other media
They are trying to stay relevant by creating controversial stories and shock humor. They use to be good, but have became so irrelevant. Southpark is the New Simpsons Family Guy when it comes to declining quality. Only people who like them now are people who think being controversial for the sake of it is being edgy, when in reality, it's just poor storytelling. It lost its sarcastic, over the top tone that made it stand out.
@@HippieJoe I don't think it's their fault, I think Comedy Central had made them cut back on more offensive stuff because it would make them look bad. The comedy from season 1 to the current season has severely changed because ideology changed so what's borderline "acceptable" back then isn't acceptable at all now
@@HippieJoe They have literally done that since their pilot episode, it isn't your taste, understandable have a nice day. They have been consistent, People have become competitive in their campaigns for faux moral crusades.
Nah it was a cop out
Good for Matt and Trey, to have that kind of "fuck you" power behind your own creation is 100% deserved.
There is a certain love to hating on everyone. It's the great equalizer. I'm certain Trey and Matt aren't making episodes thinking "I really hope people feel bad watching this, and never watch again because of it"
I just think, as a ginger kid, that it was my turn. I felt noticed. I laughed, we are whiney and allergic to stuff, I get to tell soulless jokes to my friends. That improved my life. Coppercab was famous for his retort. Famous off South Park. Fuck me fuck you fuck everyone, but at the same time spend time loving those that the world has fucked. Aka...everyone in some way or another at some point.
Um.. i left school in 1992... I can assure you ginger kids were bullied way before South Park...
"Our goal is to be as offensive as possible and see what we get away with" - Matt and Trey probably
satire
Even under the guise of satire… yeah… yeah this show is quite offensive at times.
@@Sheepy765.that's why people love it it makes fun of everyone equally (all this controversy comes from people who can't laugh at themselves (and Muslim terrorists (i will not call them muslim extremists or radical Muslims those are too soft of words for these crazy assholes)) and well jokes made too soon)
@@Sheepy765.Good
I'm pretty sure the quote was: "Our goal is to be as offensive as possible, and *TO* see what we *CAN* get away with.".
my favorite detail in the scientology episode is that south park literally had to put a disclaimer on the screen that this is ACTUALLY what scientologists believe in because of how stupid it is so that people dont mistake it for one of their jokes
LMAO
If Assassin's Creed claims they know how genetic memory works, than I guess I can't blame myself for actually not laughing at scientology's believes. If a Man in the sky just jumpstarts it all, why can't aliens be included in the formula?
Blaming South Park for creating "kick-a-ginger day" is absurd. Parents are responsible for their children, NOT TV shows.
Whether you want to admit it or not, media does play a role in how children are raised. It’s absurd to think parents can monitor every bit of media their child consumes. While South Park probably wasn’t the sole reason for that day, it most likely was A reason for it
@@terrancegreen5383 That sounds like an excuse to me. It's a cop out. It is a crutch to lean on when the kids dont turn out right so you have something to blame other than yourself. If you really believe that is true, I feel really sorry for you.
@@josephtattum6365It’s@@josephtattum6365And children literally learn how to speak in part by consuming media. I feel sorry for anyone who doesn’t understand such a basic concept.
@@terrancegreen5383 You are assuming that that is true for all children
@@terrancegreen5383 Bruh, you don't cancel every show just because your child watches something he shouldn't, no one is responsible for what kids are watching than their parents.
as an ex-mormon, the mormon episode is truly peak comedy
I had no idea the gingers controversy was a universal thing. I was a red headed kid when the gingers episode came out and can confirm that my peers made fun of me for being ‘soul-less’ and all that. I still love South Park, the original message stands now.
Same I thought that just happened at my school
i still call ginger’s soulless. all in good fun though
my brother is ginger must be hard to live without a soul
@@lynnepaquette4124 have you tried bleaching your hair first? It will make your hair blonde, so that it can be dyed.
I was one of those sheltered kids not allowed to watch so it always baffled me as to why gingers were considered soulless.
My dad was an adult when the ginger episode aired. I was a child and watched it. Call it bad parenting if you want, but between the two of us, I was the one who understood the message was anti-hate while my dad decided ginger was a slur and always had been. We're both redheads. He used the episode as evidence of redhead hate despite neither of us ever being bullied for being redheads (quite the opposite, we both get regular compliments about how lovely our hair is). Foolish adults have often misinterpreted South Park because they don't understand what satire and sarcasm are.
I used to watch with my kids. Then we'd use whatever the topic to start a discussion. Kid friendly only applies to things that kids are going to watch without being prepared to discuss those things later. I wouldn't have appreciated the kids watching without those discussions.
Your dad seemed to miss the point entirely. I grew up with All In The Family, where they used humor every week, to tackle real world issues that were far from humorous.
I'm glad you didn't get any hate for it, because as a redhead, that episode got me and two of my redheaded friends bruises on our shins from our classmates, for as young as fourth grade all the way up until eighth grade. I got called soulless and a witch in high school for my red hair, as the only redhead in the grades. Nothing so far in college, but I'm not done yet, so you never know.
Your dad is not you. Talk to him about why he feels so strongly about it.
Regardless, you and your father still have no souls.
You have no soul.
Kinda surprised that there was no mention of Timmy or Jimmy. Some of the handicap-based stories were a bit controversy-bait-y.
the crip thing was funny
@@leithalmeme1486 yeah I think he means when they first came out though.
The Le Petit Tourette episode was pretty good show casing that particular disability but as always for every good thing South park has it has something equally offensive.
That's because there was no real controversy. There were concerns about how the show will approach the topic of disabilities but once the first episodes with Timmy and Jimmy aired they actually got praised for how they handled it.
The show constantly treats Jimmy and Timmy as what they are: people.
South Park actually seems to get a lot of praise for good disability rep, as it should. As much as it makes fun of everyone they’re surprisingly really good at portraying disabled people as like, actual people with personalities and shit. As a person with Tourette’s, Le Petit Tourette is one of my favorite episodes.
I feel like with the Steve Irwin bit, it was mainly a bad thing due to just how big of a figure he was in Australia.
I can’t exactly remember what happened, but the day everyone found out what happened, everyone was driving slow on roads or something to that effect, it really hit the country in the gut. He represented australia as a whole, with how he would wrangle wild animals so easily while also treating them respectfully. It’s kinda hard to compare him to someone since America is kinda shitty when it comes to that with people always ending up controversial or some other bullshit, but to Australia, Steve Irwin was probably the nicest guy on earth while also being able to wrestle crocodiles.
I’d say give it a year before airing stuff like that, that man was like Jesus resurrected with the ability to arm wrestle bears n shit
Holy shit board girls aged like WINE when it comes to that trans person crushing Olympic women’s records
@@gamergirlblu5278 guess what
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@@pigeon3744 Well played. Well played.
The U.S. equivalence of Steve Irwin is Bob Ross and Mr Rodger.
the issue wasn't them portraying him, it was doing it while the family was very much still in mourning
I’m a ginger and yeah, I received a lot of bullying because of that South Park episode. I don’t blame the creators though. I loved South Park and I still watch it. I think that it’s great that they really push the limits in their episodes. However, kids took it literally and I blame the kids who were stupid enough to take this episode seriously. I did at least call one of my bullies a dumb blonde since he was bringing up a hair color stereotype. 😂
Children don't have the maturity to actually watch the episode and understand what it's saying and why.
@@jovetj well I watch South Park when I was 12, and I turn out okay.
@@NEOV0 That isn't the same as "getting it"
Ginger kids were bullied way before South Park even existed.
I am so sorry if i did any of this i was a fan of this show WAYY too young lmao
These are all of the controversies?
In Cartman’s Voice:
“Not for long”
18:26 after all these years I still can't handle the fact that they wrote THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGIST ACTUALLY BELIEVE across the screen. Without it, I wouldn't have believed that someone would actually believe this fever dream of a bad science fiction author.
I can't even believe that someone like tom Cruise is famous while he believes this science fiction shit. And we all now that he's in scientology.
I mean people also believe that some white dude in the sky is like "you best not fuck before you put a ring on that bitch, lest ye incur my wrath".
The entire concept of religion becomes more and more ridiculous the more scientifically advanced we get.
Or at least the concept of "organized" religion, where large groups all believe the exact same thing. I've got nothing against people that are simply spiritual and believe something of their own choosing, but I've seen too many religious fanatics to give church as a whole the benefit of the doubt.
Why bad? Did you read him?
@@osufan8278 Yes he's a pretty "eh" writer, nothing to write home about.
@@drswaqqinscheckingin7210 There is a reason why people's IQ's go up as they get older, it isn't that we're actually getting more intelligent, the average is taking a nose dive with each successive change to the education system resulting in churning out kids that do not know how to think. This is why people are low enough now to buy into that garbage.
Matt and Trey are the professional version of “we do a little trolling”
ahhhh we fuck around from time to time
25:01 it's sad to see that we've became so stupid that an episode that didn't cause controversies in it's time and was even praised would not have been made today
I gotta say something about the redhead Cartman episode, saying that it singlehandedly set off a worldwide thing. The ginger thing has been around for a very long time. As a kid with neon red hair, I got mad flak in the 80s and 90s. I went to multiple schools due to moving a lot, and it was the same at all places, so it wasn't just a one-off thing. As some form of an attempt at consolation, older people would tell me about other people they knew that were teased for having red hair. It's discussed in the book Anne of Green Gables (published in 1908), where Anne, a redhead, was teased at school for her red hair. I'm sure a plethora of examples exist for other places and times as well. I know there were jokes about teasing redheads and redheads not having souls in British comedy shows prior to this SP episode. The SP episode may have brought it to light somewhat, but it certainly didn't kick off a worldwide trend.
French philosopher Montesquieu mentions in his 1748 book The Spirit of Law that Ancient Egyptians (supposedly) killed all redheads, as a way to show the absurdity of enslaving black people (which btw is not too far from what South Park did). So yeah, it's a very old idea.
I imagine that's the exact reason why they chose red heads to target in that episode, as opposed to, say, blondes or something. Like, South Park didn't just decide to poke fun at red heads for no reason lol. It was definitely a thing long before that episode, like you said.
Kids aren’t supposed to watch South Park, it’s an 18+ show. It’s the parents’ fault if they watch it. Should we censor Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad and every adult show in case kids watch it?
@@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking Its sad that so many parents just let their kids look at 18+ stuff and play 18+ games when they are not even 10. It makes me scared of the furture
My sister's bestie in the early 90's was ginger and got bullied so bad her mom let her dye her hair at 14 which wasnt a thing at the time (at least in my area). People were telling her she was souless (yes already) and that she stank of cheese, that she was filthy and a pr0stitute. In the middle age, red hair was considered sign of the devil.
It’s really difficult to describe how cool South Park was when it first came on. First of all, you had to have Comedy Central and essentially no one had Comedy Central back then…so you’d have to go to a friend’s house. The show was unlike anything that came before it…not necessarily in its offensiveness but just that it rang totally true. The kids talked like we did, the situations were ridiculous and the entire adult cast was almost impossibly stupid. For 13 year old me, it was a *total* revelation. I don’t remember the controversy of its early existence so much as it feeling truly countercultural and hip.
Did you ever rent the seasons from blockbuster? They had hilarious commentary by Matt and Trey
22:55 It's funny that Catholic organizations were offended by this episode from season 9, when "Red Hot Catholic Love" from season 6 is arguably a way more offensive depiction of the Catholic church, directly satirizing their history of covering of sexual abuse by priests.
It's always funny when the people who get mad about something controversial in the show are usually just further proving the point of the thing they're mad about.
The China Problem is brilliant. The “assault scene” just depicts what fans of Indiana Jones were seeing what was doing to one of their favorite childhood characters. The scene is also a not so thinly veiled reference the film The Accused , which gives another layer to how clever this episode is.
Matt and Trey were literally willing to die for their art. What chads.
The thing you forgot to mention about the movie was, They got pissed off at the demands of the MPAA so they started submitting even worse cuts as a "fuck you" to them and they ended up getting approved. Trey even went on record as saying the movie was MORE offensive than they had originally planned as a result of them messing with the MPAA and a lot of scenes were added that never even meant to be there like the Brian Boytano song.
Not only that, but the MPAA tried the EXACT same shit when they made Team America: World Police.
However, I heard that Matt and Trey were 5 steps ahead of the MPAA. They made the "sex scene" in Team America extremely long and uncomfortable from what I heard (I don't remember, but I think it was like 3 to 5 minutes long). The scene was edited 9 times before it was given an R rating.
Funny thing, all the things "cut" were things they didn't even want in the movie anyway, so made the MPAA "think" they won by censoring the movie, when in reality, in the end, Matt and Trey won.
I think this is one reason why Matt and Trey haven't released any more movies to theaters as the MPAA would probably slap an NC-17 right away just because they are pissed at them. Seriously, fuck the MPAA. They are nothing but a censorship organization anyway.
The Brian Boytano was my jam when I was a young kid. Glad they kept it in.
Fun fact, when the Muhammed cartoons controversy was happening, the man that got it as worse as it did in Denmark, Ahmed Akkari, fled to Narsaq, Greenland for couple of years and worked as a English teacher where I graduated from. I didn't get to have him as a teacher, but my little sister did and actually liked his classes.
thats a fun fact?
@@acidicali7776 LMFAO RIGHT
@@acidicali7776 idk i found it quite fun
What
The Jlo one aged pretty well…. Considering what’s coming out about her lately
The only time I genuinely held my hand over my mouth and said "oh my god" over and over (while laughing) was during the ending of It's a Jersey Thing when Al Qaeda flew commercial jets into the crowd of Jerseyites. It wasn't the most shocking thing they'd ever done but for some reason I was sure it'd be banned
Hahaha that's the only episode I really remembered from watching it as a kid, probably being 11 or 12. Most hilarious thing I've ever seen on television 😂 getting your enemy to help you in difficult times, and then them doing it "their way" 🤣
And Japanese killing Whales and Dolphins because US said they nuked them, and later making them believe it was cows and chicks so they become "normal" 🤣
Only 2 I remembered. Rewatched everything last year with 21.
@@daniel_960_ I remember watching this in early 2000s as a kid when it came out. It's crazy to think with all the controversial topics it's has it's still on it's only 2 years younger then me
man i remember watching that when it aired and started cheering just because of how much i hated jersey shore and how everybody talked about it when i was in school. I just don't get "reality" TV especially since you can just pay people without scripting and follow them around to see them act like trash. Though at least they got him at the end of the episode.
The one time my jaw dropped was when Cartman made that kid eat his parents
Why? Nobody cares about jersey.
If all quida did that to jersey today then nobody would bat an eye because it's only jersey
Is it just me or is all the South Park controversies just sounding more like the South Park greatest hits lmao
I always thought the Steve Irwin bit was a great way to poke fun at how people pretend to be sad when a celebrity dies. Satan confronts Steve Irwin saying he thinks his outfit is offensive because Irwin just died. After Steve explains he's the real Steve Irwin, Satan tells him he has to leave because it's a costume party lol. I vaguely remember people judging the way the Irwin handled animals and many comedians made fun of him for it. So to see people flip to his side entirely after his death was weird. I wonder if Matt and Trey had this in mind or if I'm just reading too much into it. Regardless I think the joke is more relevant today with it feeling like celebrities die more often.
I've been binging south park and they had a whole episode later that aired back in 09 that poked fun at a bunch of celebs when a lot of celebs died like billie mayes and michael jackson and they never did any like sad bits at all it was just for Steve Irwin it was a def just a jab at the people that get fake sad
wow, the "dangerous to democracy" BS was already used 20 years ago?
"this comment is very dangerous to our democracy"
Personally I don't believe this show is transphobic, they basically covered that in the scene where Sheila explains to Kyle why ppl get sex change operations and he's like "oh cool that makes perfect sense" (before he and Gerald get carried away).
HOWEVER I can kinda see how ppl get the idea that the show kinda paints transgender ppl as "phonies" bc in cases like Garrison, Heather Swanson, Cartman, etc, basically any time the show brings them up, the "trans" character has an ulterior motive for transitioning or smth. As stereotypical as some depictions of homosexuality are in this show a la Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave, there are also many good organic depictions such as Tweek, Craig and Satan. I'm sure if the show had at least 1 genuinely trans character like them, ppl wouldn't claim the show is transphobic so much bc that sounds like bullcrap to me. Just my 2 cents
I agree, I think the representation in the past for trans character in South Park (and basically everything) was far worse than more recent attempts. South Park is interesting since you get to watch the views of the creators become more nuanced and even empathic as the series progresses. Such as how they use to make fun of global warming warners with Man Bear Pig but eventually doubled down on that admitting that the vicious mutant pig was real. With satire there is a sense of responsibility that a lot of people understate, so it's nice to see the show acknowledging it's past faults in some ways, but I feel they need to go further with acknowledging their past history of transphobia even if it's just indirect through making fun of transphobic individuals
Theres many types of transphobia thought
Who cares stfu
The sex change operation episode was really genius. Depicted the absurdity of it pretty well. Think you're a dolphin or a black basketball player? Well changing your looks and anatomy won't get you far, best thing you can do is go swim with dolphins or just play basketball 😂
@@timkonator thats a really not good thing to say
I've always felt that the Church of Scientology played a huge roll in the death of Mr. Isaac Hayes. He apparently was forced to sign waivers declaring NOT to perform medical services on him after his stroke. With the church stating his health concerns were "minor".
Yeah that didn't work out so well did it....? And this seriously got swept under the rug. Pure sadness. The show isn't as great without Chef. His presence played a large portion of humor for the show. Since day one!!! Chef was there!! "Hello Children" was one of my favorite lines. The way he said it even though there was only one person he was speaking to.
An amazing person (Hayes) is gone but immortalized in our hearts 💕🥰 and not forgotten.
His fault, scientology is evil, and anyone who is part of that, is part of the problem.
Pity, he would have made an excellent child molester
@@jinmochizuki lol you're horrible
Yeah and it's a shame that this show mocked of the scientology so Isaac Hayes is scientologic
@John Sno All right
32:56
I'm trans, I didn't see the episode as transphobic. I can see HOW it could be seen that way but I didn't see it that way because it's not about a trans woman, it's about someone using real trans people as a scapegoat for their own hatred and manipulation
@Jungalows BungaBlows no u
@Jungalows BungaBlows No.. Jungalows, I am your father
It’s also about how women can be hurt by things that are meant to be inclusive but are poorly thought out or understood. I thought the episode handled several themes including what you pointed out elegantly in their own crude way.
@@donk8961 I agree with that too!
It also sucks that people are so stupid that they misunderstand the episode and just use it out of context to mock and harass trans people
As a woman I must admit I saw things in the "Virgin Mary" episode about my sex that made me grateful for Feminism. I saw a juxtaposition of a supposed 'curse' being treated as a blessing. This is so rare in media I'm not sure I'm even correct in seeing this.
there's a sizeable fraction of Mormons here in the UK. I once asked a couple of the young elders about the episode and one of them just burst out laughing and said "yeah that was pretty funny". They also thought the musical was pretty funny too.
The video starts at 4:30
Fucking thank you
You are one of the greatest people of all tome
Glad to live in Germany and No Episode Had ever been censored or removed
Great video, dude. I hope you don’t get demonetized 🤝
This video is not long enough. There's no way he covers all of the backlash south park created in less than 5 hours
it's all the major ones not every single last bit of backlash
I mean he doesn’t cover it in much detail which is why it isn’t so long
Pretty sure the controversy w Steve Irwin was that people were pissed off that the show was kinda implying that a guy most ppl saw as a good guy would be in hell with serial killers like that...
You have to be Mormon to get into heaven in the South Park universe. So all good people that aren’t Mormon go to hell
Anyone who watches the show as a whole knows everyone goes to Hell except for Mormons...................and Saddam Hussein.
I had no idea Steve Irwin was a mormon.
As an Australian, it was definitely more what was said in the video, though I recall it being described as "someone dressed up as Steve Irwin" and not that it was Steve Irwin in most news stories covering it
14:53 is why I love my church and its community lol
the alcoholism episide was kinda poking fun at "Christianity" as a whole. when Stan goes to AA to tell them to stop indoctrinating his dad he points out that AA is kind of an extension of church in how it says they have to submit to a higher power.
Most early aa programs were heavy on religion which if it works for you then good but someone who grew up with 0 religion is going to feel totally helpless thankfully most rehab program stopped with he church based ideas
They literally make fun of everyone and anything
@@tettproctor7377 which is one of the reasons SP is liked so much. Its their "it's all funny or non of its funny" approach, at least thats why I love the show. I get a little tired of the social commentary, but at least they maintain that approach. Which is why the Mohammad episode is such BS on comedy centrals part. At least the cartoon wars episode didnt get "get 1 episode pulled" scenario right in this instance.
@@jace2802 eh imo AA and NA are still way too religious based. Which is understandable, the 12 steps were made by a Christian with Christianity in mind, and there is an effort to making it more applicable to non religious people which is good. But in my experience it goes "the 12 steps say you have to give in to a higher power, now that doesn't have to be God (wink wink), could be anything, but for me it's God" type deal. SMRT recovery is a better option for non religious people imo
@@afrochickenboy I went to my first AA meeting, never went back and stopped drinking that day. nine years ago.
I used to have an English teacher who had plushes of all the main characters and anyone who wore a hoodie was permanently renamed to Kenny, almost every lesson had a South Park reference. She even called a fat kid cartman once but luckily the kid didn't catch on or complain but you could tell she regretted saying it right away.
bruh i want your teacher 😭
Sounds like the best teacher ever
Ive purchased every South Park season as it was released since I was a child. I started watching when I was 8 and it made me fall in love with humor.
My first South Park dvd I watched was B.L.U. Rented from blockbuster
Those seasons weren’t cheap back then at $40 .
I'm Christian and I was raised in the church my whole life and I can say that I've never been offended by Southpark. It's an adult comedy show that talks about important issues that are taking place at the time of the shows being aired. They do an amazing job at showing the perspective of opposing angles, and how the adults act more immature than the children that are trying to make sense of issues that adults can't handle, these "contreversies" being a perfect example lol
Same lol, the whole joke that every Catholic priest's a pedo except for one was particularly hilarious. Even the missionary episode. And even though I can see that they might not be entirely accurate in certain religions/cultures, they still utilize the concept well.
And God, the Imaginationland episode's entire concept was such a landmine to touch but they chose to and executed it really well.
Didn’t ask
@@darrylwayne1292 ratio
Don't actually follow the teachings but a Christian. A true Christian wouldn't be watching South Park. Just proving that Christians are I am a Christian that picks and chooses the parts of the Bible that I like and ignores the parts I dislike.
@@Onthebrink5 A true Christian wouldn't be out here trolling just to gain a reaction, instead a true Christian would be watching South Park and enjoying the nuances and even find the connections between an episode and the Bible
As someone in the LGBT community (I understand I dont speak for everyone but like, idrc) I don't think the strong woman thing was transphobic, it was literally just a device to get the plot moving while mentioning that it was a touchy topic. I believe the show had transphobic themes in the first few season but like, that was the late 90s and 2000s and matt and trey say they do learn and grow and dont always agree with their previous episodes. And at the end of the day its just south park, not to be taken seriously and it makes fun of everyone for everything equally
When I went to see South Park uncut in the theater I asked the ticket guy how it was and he just said "ungodly"
I'm a minority
The one thing that separates SP from other shows is the fact they say offensive stuff on EVERYTHING
Lgbt, straight people,white people,black people,billionaires,poor people and more
Basically this show doesn't glorify any points of views it critics all of them,right or wrong. So in the end it's clear as glass that the show clearly has no "opinion" if none are glorified
there’s a difference between SP and stand up for example as well. It’s an abstract view of people and politics that exist. It’s a fictional world effected by real life politics. it’s really clever
exactly, like Howard Stern, it only exists to "shock"
Except don't show Mohammed. Cause otherwise...
@@carmichaelk.5214 He doesn't anymore.
in my opinion that kinda gives the show little value, like they dont ever really seem to believe anything they just wanna make people mad. i see that as more harmful than entertaining but thats just me.
I'm still bitter about the video game being censored. When we finally got an R rating we thought that meant that we would get games as they were intended. But they just kept censoring and banning things anyway. I still haven't finished the game as I always seem to abandon them, but my sister informed me that one of the censored parts was supposed to be a tutorial to a part that occurred later in the game, so she had no clue what she was supposed to do at the end and ended up having to find a playthrough on TH-cam so she could find out.
Yeh that end bit is bull
There are ways to get the games uncensored. I know I‘ve played an uncensored version of the stick of truth, but I used a friend’s steam account so I don’t know how.
i think my parents did it right when introducing this show to me. i was allowed to watch most the episodes when i was younger (for obvious reasons i want allowed to see super gorey ones) but my dad also made sure i wasnt getting the wrong message from the show. its kinda pointless to try and force kids to not watch something they want to watch because theyll find a way no matter what. what you can do is influence what they learn from the show and be there to explain things as they watch
"what you can do is influence what they learn from the show and be there to explain things as they watch" Wow, that's very smart. 🙂👍
Holy shit that's smart. I now wish more parents were like this. My parents didn't allow us to watch sp and a few other shows but we still did. But they taught us enough about keeping our mouth shut or seeing things different.
You are so RIGHT!
Hell yeah. I remember when this show came out and it was pretty much immediately a "quality-time" show for my dad and I. We watched it religiously and still do. My mom was a bit vocal about not liking me watching it, but she did fuck all about it and eventually just joined us and learned to love it. (She can't help it, she was raised super, nuns-beating-you-with-rulers catholic)
yeah i grew up on "lighter" R rated movies and shows like South Park, my dad was very smart and still fairly selective. The Matrix was my first favorite movie for example (obviously nowadays, Matrix is not even a heavy PG-13, but the MPAA has yet rerate it). My dad just sat with me and explained things that i didn't get and he didn't show me episodes that had concepts that would go over my head--overly political episodes and such we would wait a bit on, he'd show me episodes like Towelie, Christian Rock Hard, and Make Love, Not Warcraft, because they are objectively lighter episodes and still some of my favorites
As a trans person, I don’t find South Park transphobic because I personally believe they’re mocking how people *think* trans people are (e.g. in *Cissy* when Cartman only “transitions” to be in the women’s bathroom, and when Heather Swanson only “transitions” to get back at Strong Woman). Then again, I’m ftm and not mtf, so I’m not sure if I fully get to speak on it, so take what I say with a grain of salt
Sorry about the yap session
You're right tho, yap more@@starzzixx
I started watching this show in my early teenage years, practically learned most of my english from hearing it from these character portrayed by Trey, Matt and sometimes others. As time went by there were so many lessons I unknowingly learned from these episodes, lots of admiration for the consistency which you highlighted very well... If you happen to be in a country where the website works, virtually every episode is available for free, maybe a few are censored. Thanks a lot for uploading this, your work is much appreciated
My MOTHER stumbled into south Park on TV. I still remember HOW EXCITED she was to tell me n recorded it for me. She died in 3/7/01. Her finding me great comedy is her best gift she ever gave me
I’m a ginger and was a kid when the ginger episode came out. I thought it was absolutely hilarious but to be fair girls with red hair are treated extremely differently than boys with red hair. I got complimented all the time for my hair but guys, I’ve noticed, are picked on a lot more.
I don't think it's a coincidence that I've found this 🤔
but for some reason this is true. My experience is older black women complementing me and then everyone else...
@@mandysmith5876 just notice, You both are gingers, both are Smith's, he is Andy and you, Mandy. Found this quit curious.
@@SoapMcTavish06 it's totally weird
Way before southpark... redheads were picked on simply for being different.
@@Marandal i used have a ginger friend in the army. None of us ever care about him for how he looks, he was a good guy. Very friendly and a good soldier. I don't know why you people get that kind of treathment.
The Steve Irwin controversy I empathize with. When they make fun of groups of people or religions it’s ok because it doesn’t target individuals on a personal level. That’s why I think the Steve Irwin bit is in poor taste. Also it is ok for them to make fun of individuals like the serials killers you mentioned because they are rotten people and deserve no respect.
It’s ALL in poor taste, that’s why it’s funny
About the serial killers, I think was Bloom was trying to say is that why is no one commenting on the serial killers when that can affect the people who were victims to them
Ayo ..
Tom Cruise or other celebrities belong to which of it
Either it’s all ok or none of it is ok
7 weeks had passed since his death. I'm sure Steve would find it funny looking down and appreciated the recognition. It wasn't a personal attack on him (unlike many other episodes with famous people), it just showed how he died.
Damn I never knew about that South Park Raid Shadow Legends controversy, thanks!
As a Mormon, I was incredibly proud of the way we handled it. A decent amount of people in my church actually really liked the episode and the play because it got people to ask questions to real lds people. Mormons of the past had to deal with people outright murdering them for their beliefs so we aren't exactly pansies about basic criticism.
Its true Mormons were massacred in Mississippi, thats why yall are in Utah and act like that. But the Mormons have killed more Utah travelers than any Mormons that were massacred.
@@deadmeatjb That's true that the early Mormons killed people, and there is a public apology from the church for the mountain meadows massacre. I definitely don't defend that. Anybody else who was killed was a frenzied response to the discrimination of the time. When they settled in Utah, it was the first spot where they were able to put down buildings without people coming after them, so they were really paranoid about spies and the like. I'm definitely not saying it was right, but they weren't just killing because they felt like it. There was a reason. Also we don't even know how many Mormons died because 22 died in the conflict with Mississippi, but an unknown number died from exposure after being kicked out of there. All early churches have their controversies and bad histories, but context helps a little in this case. I also appreciate that the modern church doesn't hide it. It's very refreshing compared to a lot of other, older Christian denominations.
@@heroawesome8495 you actually did try justifying it. You said "it was a frenzied response to persecution" and then followed by maybe more than 22 Mormons died which could compare to the 120 mt meadows. Let me add more to Mormons since you like looking through your specific pov. A branch of the Mormons broke away from Utah to rape and murder just as much this time in Mexico, mitt romneys dad if you want to look into it but there were other leaders. Its easier to accept that the US has always had christian extremists, started with the puritans, witch trials, southern baptists, too Mormons, too latter day saints, to expat seriel killers.
@@deadmeatjb the Mormons who escaped to Mexico started their own church called the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. They broke away when we stopped practicing polygamy and we do not associate with them. They are a separate church. Also, I was just explaining how the political climate was like at the time that led to these terrible crimes being committed. It's not ok and the church has apologized and said these were atrocities. Murder and rape have always been sins. I don't know what you want me to do. Build a time machine?
@@heroawesome8495 should prob stop making excuses for the church, broke away or not their ideas started somewhere, just cuz the church apologized doesnt mean you should defend them.. this much.
Its even funnier when you remember South Park started off as a joke and that they planned to get canceled.
I hated this show until I saw the ginger kid episode. As a ginger I finally understood their humor and thought it was genius.
I think the censorship on 201 brings a more artistic expression than if it wasn't there; everything they are talking about is being presented right before your eyes. Talking about how certain things will limit one's freedom of speech, and their free speech is literally limited.
Also, Kyle's censored speech, intentional or unintentional, is still hilarious!
honestly the censorship works so well for the episode - i thought it was meant to be like that the first time i watched lmao
@@Kortifexiii That's a pretty retarded take. If you can censor anything for being 'literally offensive,' then you don't really have free speech. Go spout your nonsense in a theocracy.
@@Kortifexiii yeah because you shouldnt depict people who were never real, islam is all fake after all
@@Kortifexiii They are literally offending almost every single thing on this Earth, and I don't see those muslims criticizing those things. Such hypocrites lmao. What are ya'll, the Chinese government? Always threatening with even the slightest of insults?
Mormons were imo depicted more positive in the show since they didn't act like pussies and threatening actual violence upon the creators
@@Kortifexiii Muslims are offended by cartoonists depicting their pedo prophet, but not by the fact that their cult allows them to marry and rape childrens, beat their wives, have several wives, own slaves and rape them, treat non-muslims as non-humans, kill non-muslims, etc...
Yeah, truly, we should listen to them.
Trying to cancel South Park is like walking into a library and complaining that it's not loud enough.
Saying you don't like cheese when you're lactose intolerant
@@lynxone9434 Saying you're vegan with exceptions
STICK HIM LUCAS!!! STICK HIM!!! I almost died laughing at the O face. So wrong. So funny.
I'd 100% watch an uncensored version of 200 and 201 if Matt and Trey were to release it if they ever decide to part ways with comedy central 😂
I just happened to buy the 14th season on DVD from a vendor mall like 3 weeks ago and it has the two episodes that were pulled across the board!
There was a controversy with the disability camp episode.
I'm disabled and have found ALL episodes of South Park hilarious. The one episode I sometimes have a problem with is when Jimmy is stuttering and they make fun of it.
That sex change scene from Mr. Garrison is probably the most disturbing moment in the whole show for me
I total forgot that scene and would be traumatized again when watched…. Hell no
Accidentally put that on while eating lunch. Big mistake
Nah the scissors scene with Mr Garrison and the Persian dude was. 😮
33:42 I’m a trans man and i personally don’t think this episode is transphobic because heather only transitioned for revenge I don’t get how people COULD see this as transphobic since it doesn’t make any logical sense
Same
As a blond Mormon with many siblings, I find this episode hilarious and amazing 😂
I am also a blonde Mormon with many siblings and I feel the same way about that episode
I’ve not seen the episode or the show, but I am also a blond Mormon, and if you guys are fine with it, I’m willing to just let it slide.
As a former mormon, I had to laugh at just how accurate the episode was! They could have been much worse, showing more of the racism in mormonism, so if they want to be upset perhaps they should do another episode showing "white and delightsome" native people being magically turned "dark and loathsome" as their scripture teaches
15:21 as a trans person myself, i find this episode to be hilarious and anyone who is offended or considers it "transphobic" needs to go outside 💀i also 100% agree with what you said about the episode board girls. it was less of a critique on trans people, and more on fragile masculinity. heathers only reason for "transitioning" was to get revenge on an ex, which doesn't make someone trans, just someone who wants to get revenge.
Admittedly, since I watched it around when I started to realize I was trans myself, I felt...a bit uncomfortable watching it, but I grew to appreciate it more when I realized what the actual idea was and got more familiar with the show!
Definitely a lot better than the other episode on that topic-
Its not a huge favourite of mine as an episode. I get the message and meaninh behind it, however i feel like this episode could be used to fuel transphobia. A normal watcher of the show would know that Mr Garrison is a terrible person and he is not representative of trans people, but transphobic people could use it to be like “look, this is what all trans people are like!”
idk if my explanation makes sense
Literally! As a fellow trans person, we're gonna be made fun of no matter what and south park at least makes it funny and has meaning behind it
@@mariam8275 i feel like anyone who would use this as “fuel for transphobia” would probably already feel that way and most likely be talking about trans issues with even worse examples anyway. I think the biggest point, which i find hilarious, is about the toxic masculinity of a percentage of men would drive someone to go so far for revenge while in the b storyline reflecting the same issue with a non trans situation but with children not adults so you see how childish the whole thought process is. its basically the entire format of south park… take the biggest taboo/hot button subject people are talking about or are too afraid to comment on… watch people advertise it by calling it hateful and bigoted with out seeing the episode or understanding the message… slip in the real message, make “over the line” controversial jokes that are so outlandish no right minded person would think its what they believe and stir the pot with people… have real message be something so painfully obvious it can be summed up by 4th graders in 2 minutes and point out the stupidity of the whole “controversy” in the first place cause the episode was never actually about that.
(i get that this is just my opinion not a matter of fact but matt and trey have claimed to not publicly defend their material to anyone because the people who are the loudest about it either miss the message havent seen the actual content or last any logical ability to see humor and separate it from whatever platform they are defending)
Jesus is the way and the truth and the life, no one goes to the father except through him.
South Park used to be a weekly EVENT that everyone talked about because everyone saw it at the same time and it always nailed the prevailing issue ‘not voiced’ but in everyone’s mind. 🏆
It’s absolutely perfect of Matt and Trey to depict Jennifer Lopez as someone who is rude and entitled, and is quick to violence when she hears something she doesn’t like, because how did she react to that? If she says nothing, then people assume it’s true. If she acts all rude and entitled and attacks the show because of something she doesn’t like, she’s also proving it true. It’s absolutely perfect.
I love the controversy that the show stirs up, that's part of what made me get into it in the first place. My favorite controversy is Banned in China and 201, because those episodes truly tackle censorship and freedom of speech. Awesome job like always Blooms. Godspeed! 🤟
band in china is my favorite episode because stan's band plays dying fetus and it makes me happy
You ranked every South Park episode, bro you are a legend.
btw it's funny how the South Park movie was changed to (what I think is) a better title due to censorship bc the same thing happened for the Fractured But Whole game. It was originally gonna be called the Butthole of Time and while the developers told Trey & Matt they could call it that, game stores would not openly display it anywhere. So they had to alter it
Fractured but whole is such a great title
I love that people are rewriting history and making it seem like in the early seasons Trey and Matt didn’t do all the offensive jokes and themes just because it was hilarious.
Bigger Longer Uncut was the hardest I laughed in my life. The only regret I had is I didn't get to see it with my friends, I was 18 and they were still only 17. Totally worth it
I barely started watching South Park in 2020. How I wish I could’ve experienced South Park through the years.
One I'm surprised wasn't in there was the Terrance and Phillip Comedy Hour. This was the one episode that really caused controversy among the fans. It was basically Matt and Trey trolling the fans who had been waiting for the resolution of a cliffhanger.
eh not rlly a controversy, just negative fan reception. might've been worth mentioning tho since the reception is what caused part 2 of cartman's mom is a dirty slut to actually be made, they were originally gonna just leave it as a part 1 and never resolve it
24:09 not a peaceful religion 😔😔