South Park Mocks Occupy Wall Street, Michael Moore

[harvey007]

Source: Daily Caller

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of Comedy Central’s “South Park,” have a history of mocking liberal causes in their animated series. On the show’s Wednesday broadcast, it was the Occupy Wall Street movement’s turn.

In the episode, the South Park school is punished for having a low average score on the Presidential Fitness Challenge. The average was sunk by an obese Eric Cartman (the 1 percent). The rest of the school (the 99 percent) retaliates.




Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/03/south-park-mocks-occupy-wall-street-michael-moore-video/

[provis99]

1. they mock everybody but libertarians.

Not surprisingly, those two are libertarians.

[themadstork]

27. Not surprising

I've had many friends who were devout practicitioners of the south park/family guy style of parody-everything sophomoric humor, and they can be weirdly self-serious. One dude flipped out when he was the victim of a small-penis joke.

btw I'm not really insulting the style itself. When it isn't formula-style schtick it can be pretty awesome. Just that it's adherents don't always take it as well as they dish it in the way that say a Colbert might.

[No Elephants]

43. I heard them self-identify as Republican a few years ago. Do they think they are Koch brothers?

[FarLeftFist]

2. Staunch libertarians. Whatever that is.

[piratefish08]

38. republicans that smoke weed.

[white_wolf]

3. I watched this episode. It wasn't that bad. It was more about Cartman than OWS.

They mock everyone on that show, hell they dedicated an entire episode to mocking Glen Beck.

[Hoopla Phil]

21. "they dedicated an entire episode to mocking Glen Beck." I missed that

one. Do you recall the episode name?

[Union Scribe]

30. Dances With Smurfs, Season 13

I just checked Netflix. Cartman becomes the morning announcement reader at school and uses it to push his usual insane agendas using the "just asking questions" FoxNews approach.

[Hoopla Phil]

67. Thanks, I'll check it out online.

[RZM]

4. They've disliked Michael Moore ever since 'Bowling for Columbine'

One of the guys (I think it was Stone) appeared in the film since he went to Columbine High. He talked about how much he didn't like it there, but later on there was an animated section of the movie that appeared to be somewhat South Park-like in its animation style (when I saw it, I assumed they had produced the segment). They felt that was an underhanded move, especially since they support gun rights.

[Luminous Animal]

26. Ummm... making fun of South Park and its ethos was the point.

I think it is hilarious that they (who make a living off of being offending) were offended. Michael Moore is more subversive than Parker & Stone could ever pretend to be. And, apparently, he skewered one of your sacred cows.

[RZM]

64. Was it?

Are you sure about that? Maybe it was, but I've never seen anything to indicate that.

And where do you get this sacred cow business? All I did was reiterate the origin of the dispute as I heard it.

[No Elephants]

46. Meh. They've probably disliked Moore for as long as they've known he was not Republican.

[mzteris]

5. why is that crap still on tv? n/t

[hack89]

8. Because it is funny as hell? nt

[JanMichael]

13. Only to hacks! nt

[hack89]

19. So what's wrong with hacks? We are people too! nt

[Enthusiast]

29. Because it is highly entertaining? n/t

[Puglover]

45. I knew when I watched this episode last night

that there would be OUTRAGE on DU. LOL. Too funny.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

53. They may libertarians but the show can be funny.

I have to admit, I laughed at the Michael More part. (And I like Michael More.)

I wouldn't find South Park funny if it was right wing propaganda (lies). They're more about poking fun at silliness where ever they find it. I find their humor funny.

[Botany]

6. They mock everybody

BTW why would anybody care what the Daily Caller posts? It is a right wing smear site run by Tucker Carlson.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. The 99%ers got some swipes but were still the most sympathetic characters in the story.

By the way, the secondary theme where Cartman had to kill his toys-- can anyone tell me what that was sending up? It felt like some sort of movie reference but I wasn't familiar with it.

[white_wolf]

11. I don't think they were mocking anything in particular.

I think the toys were supposed to represent different aspects of Cartman's psyche and this was his fucked up way of growing up.

[FarLeftFist]

9. I have seen them mock rednecks and capitalism. Whatever, us Libs have a sense of humor, it's the

Cons that are dry and humorless.

[snooper2]

60. And all the fictional religions out there

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. I didn't see the episode but the premise makes me chuckle.

However, I did NOT care for their depiction of Micheal Moore in "Team USA".

[Initech]

12. Matt & Trey are pretty much equal opportunity offenders.

[Earth_First]

15. Pretty much the impression I'm under as well... n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Was in background.

The stream was far more .... Exciting, for the wrong reasons.

[Imajika]

16. These guys mock everything...

People should stop reading so much into it. The skit was pretty funny and not at all insulting to the OWS movement.

[MrSlayer]

17. I watched, thought it was hilarious.

They didn't mock OWS they just incorporated the popularity of it into their show. And of course they used Cartman to represent the idiocy of the teabaggers.

[SidDithers]

18. Daily fucking Caller?...

Who cares what Tucker Carlson thinks?

Sid

[Ichingcarpenter]

32. Gee... I agree with you for once. A right wing rag and the reporter

Jeff Poor only reports on right wing stuff for the right wing.

Now that makes me think I'd like to see the episode


Here is the reporter's history of news stories.

http://dailycaller.com/author/jeffpoor/page/2/

[saras]

20. Once upon a time, that would have mattered, like having a Wierd Al parody

I was surprised to hear South Park is still going.

[JI7]

22. never watched South Park or care for it

[Rebubula]

52. OK....

...if you have never watched - how do you know you do not care for it?


Sometimes it is very funny - sometimes not.

They make fun of EVERYBODY! No one is immune to their strange sense of humor.

[banned from Kos]

23. SP mocks the Catholic church repeatedly - M. Moore is ripe for mocking

Moore is a joke among the general populace as well.

[EFerrari]

24. If by general populuce you mean rightwing nutcase Fox viewers, well, yeah. nt

[Luminous Animal]

28. And status quo institionalists.

I once trolled an anti Michael Moore board. I pretended to be a young woman named "Missy". I was the most illiterate ignorant person I could imagine being and I was welcomed with open arms. (FYI, Mike, when informed that the guy who owned the board couldn't afford to pay his medical costs for a serious condition, paid them... and the guy accepted.)

[redqueen]

51. I can't believe the creep accepted.

x(

[suffragette]

50. And Daily Caller readers

What is with all the stories posted from that RW rag here lately?

[Enthusiast]

31. No wonder you were banned from Kos.

Most of DU loves MM.

[banned from Kos]

33. DU is not representative of Dems Dems love guns and free markets

in the real world.

Gallup - only 26% of USA wants a MM type handgun ban.

MM is a loser - ask Al Gore.

[Bill McBlueState]

41. 26% of the USA wants a handgun ban?

Heck, that's more than a quarter. I bet nearly all that 26% is aligned with Democrats. If Democrats make up 50% of the population, then 0.26/0.5 = 52% of Dems want a handgun ban.

Not an overwhelming majority, but it makes me question your blanket assertion, "Dems love guns."

[Puglover]

47. eh not worth it

[No Elephants]

44. By general populace, do you mean folks banned from Kos?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

25. Do Matt and Tre still think "George W. Bush is doing a great job!"

and do they still go around mocking the folks who said that launching an unnecessary, off-budget war would be one of the greatest policy blunders in U.S. history?

[mwrguy]

34. Stone and Parker are rich conservative bastards

Of course they hate a guy like Michael Moore.

[deutsey]

35. Never cared for the show, though I have seen parts of it that made me laugh

like their "translations" of what al Qaeda leaders were saying in actual news clips.

In general, I have no problems with satirizing the left (there's plenty there to satirize) as long as it isn't done in a way that supports the right.

[Puzzledtraveller]

36. it's healthy to laugh at yourself from time to time

South Park affords every group that possibility IMO.

[NeedleCast]

37. Trey Parker and Matt Stone Have A History of Mocking Everybody

Bullshit "mocking liberals" meme. Southpark has been, since it's very beginnings when it depicted a battle between Jesus and Santa Claus, an equal opportunity destroyer.

[No Elephants]

48. Not George Bush when he was in office. Rove opposes the fringes of the RW, too.

Doesn't mean he is an equal opportunity douche bag.

I have no problem with people watching and enjoying South Park, but its writers do not mock everyone, or everyone equally.

[NeedleCast]

49. If You Don't Think Southpark and Carl Rove is an Apples and Oranges Comparison

I don't know what to tell you.

[Bill McBlueState]

39. is anyone surprised?

The message from that show has always been "Caring about stuff is for losers."

[redqueen]

42. Exactly.

Which is why I think they hate and mock liberals more than conservatives.

[Rebubula]

54. Then...

...I would have to say that you have not watched it very much.


Perhaps, if they do favor one over the other to mock, it is because the Repubs are a mockery of themselves in a normal situation. Parker and Stone just cannot find ways to make more fun of them than they do to themselves.

[redqueen]

56. That is from a quote. They said themselves that they hate liberals more than conservatives...

and it shows, based on the issues and people they mock / trash.

I don't find it amusing to see global warming treated as some big funny joke or an outright lie. I don't find it amusing to see conservative values held up as cool and liberal ones trashed constantly. Hell they're even anti-choice FFS.

They are on the progressive side of a handful of issues... but on the vast majority they either side with the right, or they don't give a fuck at all. They are bullies and proud of it, based on their reaction to Kanye West's reaction to them.

I don't think not giving a fuck is cool or funny. They are assholes who are very occasionally amusing. I find it sad they're still on the air, but... oh well.

[RandiFan1290]

40. Here is the episode

if anyone wants to see it

http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s15e12-one-percent

it is unedited

[TwilightGardener]

55. South Park: occasionally funny, usually kinda lame. Not on a par with Family Guy, Futurama,

or even King of the Hill and Beavis and Butthead.

[TwilightGardener]

57. BTW, I saw the episode, I didn't think they were mocking OWS too badly.

As someone said above, it was more about Cartman.

[redqueen]

59. Exactly. They manage to be funny occasionally.

Usually not though. It's usually just meh IMO.

[Erose999]

58. South Park jumped the shark long ago. Even before Chef left.

I laugh to myself every time I encounter a so-called "libertarian". All they care about is guns, smoking drugs, and money. The rest of their ideology is pretty much just the enjoyment of watching other people suffer.

[lame54]

61. 9/11 scared the shit out of them

[Zorra]

62. They may mock, but that's a totally moronic comparison to

OWS.

Parker and Stone are a couple of Matt Groening wannabes have a talent for childish, and usually irrelevant, mockery.

If that's the best they can do, it's actually a tribute to OWS.

[Name removed]

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[unionworks]

65. They make me laugh

my ass off every time I watch, without exception. And once in a while they bring a rear. I love South Park. TIMMAHHHH!!!!! Hee Hee!!!

[unionworks]

66. Tear.

That was supposed to be "tear". :rofl: