Is South Park too focused on reality TV?
Posted Nov 4th 2009 7:29PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Animation, South Park
Even though the show has been on forever, I still enjoy my weekly dose of the new
South Parks. But lately, they seem to be running out of targets or have narrowed their focus too much on one particular evil: reality television.
The season opener featured a rather nasty swipe at Disney's Jonas Brothers. The recent "Dead Celebrities" chortle-fest took a much needed pot shot at
Ghost Hunters, aka, "the gayest f#*$ing show on television." And last week launched an all out attack on Discovery's
Whale Wars and
Deadliest Catch, particularly against
Whale Wars star Paul Watson.
The show has always been a bitch to write and making every episode a satirical masterpiece is impossible without suffering a full-on breakdown. But should the show lay off reality TV and take some bolder shots at reality, which as we all know are two completely different things?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-04-2009 @ 7:43PM
Bubbameister33 (Confused by Fanboyism) said...
No but I think TVSquad has become too focused on reality TV.
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11-04-2009 @ 7:55PM
JM said...
I don't care that its ripping too much on reality TV. The show seems to be suffering from Shrek syndrome.
They started out with relatively original and good plotlines and suddenly midway became focused only on pop culture and the latest news to parody. Occasionally that can be good but it has to be balanced aka Pixar.
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11-04-2009 @ 8:28PM
Don said...
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11-04-2009 @ 10:29PM
Mills said...
Seriously?... there's actually reality shows about hippie-types trying to stop whale hunters & people fishing for crabs. I honestly thought Matt & Trey were just parodying reality shows in general with made up ones.
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11-05-2009 @ 7:42AM
LordPaul said...
I don't care cos it's bloody funny!
I just consider this to be the theme of this half-season
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11-05-2009 @ 9:17AM
grumpiestoldman said...
Sounds like a few Harley riders up above.
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11-05-2009 @ 6:03PM
CJ said...
They were funny episodes, especially Whale Whores. If Capt. Watson can laugh about it (and harpooned AND lampooned him), so can I.
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