Essays on South Park

Mutant turkeys, the Loch Ness Monster, immigrants from the future and butt-probing aliens, these are just some of the outrageous visitors that come to the quiet little mountain town of South Park, Colorado. Created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the South Park franchise has…

In America there has been a social shift of the way we consume, especially in regards to green products. The efforts for sustainability are often led by social groups that are “green extremists”. The most prevalent consumer trend in America for buying green among non…

South Park as Social Critique Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s popular cartoon South Park has too often been lumped together with television shows widely deemed meaningless, excessively vulgar, and even culturally detrimental. Academics have long dismissed the show as childish or somehow beneath them, thereby…

South Park’s Ambiguously Clear Purpose To Change the World “There’s shit that you shouldn’t say running for president that Cartman should totally be allowed to say within a satirical cartoon,” South Park creator Matt Stone was quoted as saying after being compared to President Elect…

South Park and Art Form for the Digital Age South Park and the Open Society by David Curtis and Gerald Erion is an article that analyzes a popular television show and explains the meaning and purpose that lurks beneath the jokes and humorous plot. Art…

“Contentious Language: South Park and the Transformation of Meaning”, Marcus Schulzke tries to understand the meaning of words and their ability to transform. Schulzke goes on to explain South Park generally stating, “Since its first episode, it has pushed the boundaries of free expression, questioned…