South Park Episode
The 10th episode of the 13th season titled “W.T.F.” One episode is what I will be analyzing in this paper. “W.T.F” aired on Comedy Central October 21st, 2009. It marked the 191st episode of the overall series of South Park. Wikipedia reports that according to Nielsen ratings, W.T.F." was seen by 1.37 million households among viewers aged between 18 and 49. [1] On the Comedy Central website, when I watched it there had been 5.1 million on the website.
I will analyze the representation, production and audience of this South Park episode in my essay.
There are 4 main characters who are boys, Cartman, Kenny, Stan, and Kyle are accompanied by their three friends Butters, Token, and Jimmy at a WWE match between superstars John Cena and Edge. Totally fascinated by what they saw, the boys decided to join their school's wrestling team. First, all of the boys are upset about their wrestling outfits, but decided that they were supposed to put on “real” wrestling clothes over it. The wrestling coach, Mr. Connors begins to teach them “real wrestling” and immediately the boys feel that the …show more content…
Even in the theatrical scenes performed by the boys, the female character was played Cartman who is a boy. This episode excludes any female representation that could possibly be present. “W.T.F.” mocks fans of wrestling, who is typically portrayed as rednecks who believe in the fictional storylines. The few women that are seen in the introduction clip of the episode are rednecks. They are dressed in loose fitting clothing, tattooed with stereotypical associations like “I married my cousin”, and are over opposite of what “femininity” is. The femininity I am referring to is the definition that believes women in makeup and dresses are the ideal women. South Park also masks over the fact that there are Professional Women
I will analyze the representation, production and audience of this South Park episode in my essay.
There are 4 main characters who are boys, Cartman, Kenny, Stan, and Kyle are accompanied by their three friends Butters, Token, and Jimmy at a WWE match between superstars John Cena and Edge. Totally fascinated by what they saw, the boys decided to join their school's wrestling team. First, all of the boys are upset about their wrestling outfits, but decided that they were supposed to put on “real” wrestling clothes over it. The wrestling coach, Mr. Connors begins to teach them “real wrestling” and immediately the boys feel that the …show more content…
Even in the theatrical scenes performed by the boys, the female character was played Cartman who is a boy. This episode excludes any female representation that could possibly be present. “W.T.F.” mocks fans of wrestling, who is typically portrayed as rednecks who believe in the fictional storylines. The few women that are seen in the introduction clip of the episode are rednecks. They are dressed in loose fitting clothing, tattooed with stereotypical associations like “I married my cousin”, and are over opposite of what “femininity” is. The femininity I am referring to is the definition that believes women in makeup and dresses are the ideal women. South Park also masks over the fact that there are Professional Women