TAN: Anyone see how South Park absolutely ripped into the concept of fat shaming last night? I hate South Park but I heard about the episode and made a point to watch it: it was excellent. Fat advocates really are scum.
You hate South Park? South Park is and has always has been, great. I need to watch last night's episode tonight.
It's like the Daily Show: it's a show that basically consists of going "look at these people who think/believe/do _____, they so dumb!" Taking potshots at people is easy. They never actually propose anything different or any ideas themselves, it's just bland snark. It's the GGW of television.
At some point, most of us get an emotional maturity in excess of 15y.o. and stop thinking that pointing out how everyone "sucks" is awesome.
But I'll make an exception for shaming hambeasts.
I love South Park, but it does get preachy. They do semi offer "solutions" to the "problems" they pose on the show, or at least shine a light on it, or point out the hypocrisy in certain situations. Earlier this season they went on about how Caitlyn Jenner isn't actually a hero, but it doesn't mean they think she's a bad person. And made a pretty scathing caricature of her lol.
It's long gone from the days of Satan vs Jesus in a boxing match, but it's still entertaining. Sometimes I wish it would go back to just being a funny show about foul mouthed 10 year olds and their quirky misadventures. I think their ability to turn around and write and produce a show within a week really hurts their overall product. If people look back in 20 years on the show they'll think "What the hell was going on in society then?"
