Post by RS Davis on Apr 27, 2004 9:26:59 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Michael Cust Wrote:[/glow] If you haven’t yet, I implore you to watch South Park. It is perhaps the most successful libertarian pop cultural phenomenon since the Canadian band Rush filled radio airwaves in the 1970s.
The television show follows the adventures of four foul-mouthed young boys in a rural Colorado town (South Park). Like The Simpsons, South Park uses a full cast of townspeople to provide an imaginative platform for humorous antics and rich social commentary. Unlike The Simpsons, the humour of South Park doesn’t restrict itself to basic social scruples. It instead revels in the offensive humour of the 16–25-year-old male demographic. Sex jokes, faecal jokes, gay jokes, oriental stereotypes, religious parodies, and racial slurs are all fair game. There are no sacred cows. The show portrays everything from cat orgies to God as a small green furry reptile.
So why would I implore the (primarily) culturally conservative readers of LewRockwell.com to absorb this immature libertinism? The answer is straightforward. Unlike other popular "libertarian" cultural programming, such as Star Wars, The Simpsons, and the Dukes of Hazzard, South Park requires no belaboured interpretation. The show’s political mandate is manifest. Like the humour, the libertarianism of the show is direct and free of nuance.
The television show follows the adventures of four foul-mouthed young boys in a rural Colorado town (South Park). Like The Simpsons, South Park uses a full cast of townspeople to provide an imaginative platform for humorous antics and rich social commentary. Unlike The Simpsons, the humour of South Park doesn’t restrict itself to basic social scruples. It instead revels in the offensive humour of the 16–25-year-old male demographic. Sex jokes, faecal jokes, gay jokes, oriental stereotypes, religious parodies, and racial slurs are all fair game. There are no sacred cows. The show portrays everything from cat orgies to God as a small green furry reptile.
So why would I implore the (primarily) culturally conservative readers of LewRockwell.com to absorb this immature libertinism? The answer is straightforward. Unlike other popular "libertarian" cultural programming, such as Star Wars, The Simpsons, and the Dukes of Hazzard, South Park requires no belaboured interpretation. The show’s political mandate is manifest. Like the humour, the libertarianism of the show is direct and free of nuance.
South Park: The Complete Third Season
