The writers who have turned South Park into the hottest 18-34 year old demographic hit have been overlooked far too long - it is they who have carried the torch of the great sci-fi writers of the 50's and 60's. Overlooked and under the radar - the team of young, savy mostly white, male scribes are all sent to work over the issues that divide and infuriate America on a weekly basis. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have a yearly Las Vegas reterat where they frame up the seasons episodes - with more than a few holes to be nicely filled by the writers who push racism, sexism, consumerism, politics, and every form of family life in a white bread, redneck town in Colorado. Once again, the people who pertain to protect the masses from people like these have missed the subversive, brutally accurate portrayal of the hypocracy and brutality of our present society. Free to roam right under the noses of those who are clueless, the team of writers have a weekly poke at what is really going on in American (and to a lesser extent-Canadian) society.
During the U.S. Presedential election, this demographic was reffered to as "South Park Republicans" and were summarily dismissed as slackers by the lib-left media - voters 18-35 who don't "rely on traditional sources of news information"
I think it would be wise for politicians of all stripes to pay heed to the two generations who were raised on cynicism, sarcasm and disrespect. Having more or less frozen at age 8 of 9, the success of the series will preclude the boys ever becoming adults like their ripe parents - but one never knows.
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