South Park is probably one of the most famous American adult animated sitcom of all time. The reviews it receives are very polarized. A lot of people keep assuming South Park is nothing more than wall to wall curse words and gross out jokes. While others, including me, think that it is an intelligent satirical encyclopedia on almost anything from western society – politics, the media, today’s youth, gender equality, celebrities, drugs, violence and so on. However, instead of presenting these issues as they are, they alternately project them through the exploits of four young boys in South Park, Colorado.
The thing that I love the most about South Park is its audacity to take on the hot button issues. It rarely shows preference, it simply uncovers the dark side of the story and let the audience to judge. After I laughed out of tears during its Season 21 episodes about elections and political correctness, I started to ponder the social problems that it reflects. There’s only one eternal theme that didn’t and won’t change through out the years: nothing and nobody is safe, every establishment concept may get flipped on it’s head.