South Park’s Influence on Television
South Park, the animated TV series aired on Comedy Central was created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker and is one of the many new shows that involve animation with high-level adult comedy that parodies current events going on across the United States and throughout the world. South Park is just one of many new shows that involve this sort of high end entertainment and they are taking the television ratings by storm. This show, along with others of its nature such as Family Guy, The Simpsons, and King of the Hill are all extremely controversial in nature and in regards to the situations portrayed on the television screen. These shows have become consistently more obnoxious, racial, and detrimental in content that it has caused major concern with viewers of all statures, whether it is a mother 's concern with their 10-year-olds viewing habits or the concern in the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). In light of all the controversy and vulgar content, South Park continues to push the limits of what is acceptable for television viewing, continually going over the edge in many viewers ' eyes. Like it or not South Park is extremely inventive in nature and on many levels has been more successful than anyone could have ever dreamed. In this paper we will explore the many different aspects, criticisms, and accomplishments this heavily controversial cable television cartoon has touched upon.
South Park is an animated series that was created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker in the mid 90 's featuring four boys who live in the Colorado town of South Park, which is often beset by frequent odd occurrences that prove mysteriously similar to current events going on in our world. The show grew out of a short film that Trey Parker and Matt Stone created called "Frosty" or also known as "The Spirit of Christmas". "Frosty", also known as "A Christmas Story," was shot on an old, rough and tumble 16mm Arriflex camera that was on an animation stand at
South Park is an animated series that was created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker in the mid 90 's featuring four boys who live in the Colorado town of South Park, which is often beset by frequent odd occurrences that prove mysteriously similar to current events going on in our world. The show grew out of a short film that Trey Parker and Matt Stone created called "Frosty" or also known as "The Spirit of Christmas". "Frosty", also known as "A Christmas Story," was shot on an old, rough and tumble 16mm Arriflex camera that was on an animation stand at
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