MMYRICK
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:41 am
Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:29 am0
[size=150][size=150] Hey I just wanted to say that last night PRemiere episode was amazing !!! Jonas Brothers suckkkk and Disney is fascist! Loved it - you guys till have it ! Will continue wathcing some of the very best comedic writing, I mean THE best comedic writing on Television.[/size[/size]]
Stankuri
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:30 pm
Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:10 pm14AZ, USA
Is the an outline for the episode behind you?
Anyway, awesome kick off to the season. I can't wait to see if Disney will have a response.
revilo366
About your most recent episode
Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:13 pm
Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:57 pm0
(an excerpt from my college paper on the "Lolita Effect")
Our cartoon entertainers also perpetuate this trend. This can be especially noted in the first episode of the current season of South Park. In this episode, Disney’s Jonas Brothers are portrayed as sex gods to underage girls. Immodest sexual captions prevail in the scene where Kenny takes his girlfriend to the Jonas Brothers’ concert. Girls younger than eight are depicted as animals in heat rubbing themselves on poles and screaming about their “gye-nies tickling.” (Stone-Parker 13.1) Some might compare these phrases to the context of the rest of the show, insisting that it is all, or course, a satire. I have no stake in how funny or true the show can be, because it does not change the overall effect; desensitization of the American public. When these undeniably blatant scenes are expressed to the masses, we can’t help but get this tingly feeling that can only be covered up with uncomfortable laughter. That is the niche that shows like South Park have found. They insensitively coast just beyond the border of our comfort zone for each successive premise and pretend to be on a level above the rest of the media. The ironic hoax lies in the fact that they are still using sex to sell, with an ignorance of the consequences that parallels the ignorance held by the rest of the media. The innocent in society are the victims, in the end.
As we see these graphic images in an atmosphere of jest and good feelings, we rapidly begin to accept the notions. We try to comprehend the correlation between their youth and sexuality, instead of instinctively repulsing the idea. But is this really the right word – “instinctively” – or is our instinct the very cause of this problem? In this case, South Park may just be an accelerator to the inevitable result that society seems steered towards. The hypothetical result of this process seems to be sexually indiscriminate points of view. If everything proceeds as it is provoked, we will soon find ourselves in a world of complete exposure, and no romantic secrecy. This is the way it used to be, before civilization covered up our bodies. Must we be so radical, though? Which is better; completely open-minded acceptance of the human body at all ages or complete restriction of all animal instincts (to protect the innocent) until evolution drives those sexual desires away? Certainly, this middle-ground that we have found is not the solution. The media intends to keep us fascinated with the romanticisms of lust, by exposing the innocents “just a little bit.” The Hollywood influence, Trey Parker and Matt Stone (executive producers of South Park) included, is teasing our libidos and effectively hurting the little girls. Perhaps desensitization from overexposure is necessary for our society to stop the pedophilic victimization of these poor girls. In this case, Parker and Stone are the heroes, as long as they endeavor to stay on the track and prevent the media from re-romanticizing our culture, to keep us teetering on a crest between two slippery radical troughs.
What is the profounder goal of you creators? Do you intend to save the little girls or accelerate their descent into the arms and laps of adults and their abusive lust? Or are you brilliant men simply ignorant of the aforementioned consequences of your satires?
FredtheFrog
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:19 am
Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:48 pm6
^^^ dude, did you not listen to what Mickey said when they raised the curtain on the Wiz or what? I can't think of an episode where Matt and Trey were more explicit with their opinion than the denouncing of M Mouse. WTF were you watching?
PS. Do you think you're going to save little girls? No of course not. The goal is creating a forum for an open debate and not overlooking important issues – and mission accomplished.
PPS. Honestly who the fluck are the Jonas brothers? Makes me almost want to live in America just to know what y'all are talking about.
Kelly MacCornmac
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:30 am
Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:05 pm6155in
Oh come on bug, it can't be that bad, it could have been the Hannah Montana song "Nobody is Perfect" bleh.....
LawrenceTaylor
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:37 pm
Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:20 pm176
About the steaming pile of essay the guy dumped for you guys:
Beyond just the selling sex, I think they were getting at child consumerism too. How companies play to the best of our emotions to make money, and how that cheapens emotion. I saw a really dark documentary, 'Consuming Kids', and while its a little excessive in the editing department, and in many ways over-obvious in content, its still pretty heartbreaking, and growing up in the 90's, I could relate. Thankfully, I was given some creative freedom as a kid, and I lived in the country so I had the outdoors... but still, the consumerism side really f*cked me up too. f*cking Pokemon and DBZ. Made me into little bastards like the SP kids in a few ways. And I have to fight that every day.
If it was just a show it would be different, but they become multimedia idiot producing machines, who frankly, you can't easily escape.
I think that the episode got into that as well, just through revealing Disney as a product more than a service.
TaroRoot
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:28 am
Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:33 pm19
Child consumerism.. Christian consumerism.. Consumerism. The targets are obvious, but no one hits them. I do not suppose anyone posting here actually watches BBC or Al Jazeera, but this is what America gets ranked on for regularly.
Once little girls were identified as making x percentage of consumption decisions in an average household, Disney cranked up the Princess line of goods, added sequels to Cinderella and Mermaid and Sleeping Beauty, and has now moved to Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers. HS Musical shows you where this is going. Tell me that Disney University is just too farfetched. Does Disney own fashion lines yet?
Similarly, Christians buy Christian stuff from Christians.
Disney is surfing two huge waves at once and doing it in style. Congrats to the SP crew for pulling back the curtain.
roxannroll
Is that Trey's voice??
Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:23 pm
Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:17 am0
I was watching my fav show, well next to South Park,The Clone Wars and I thought I heard Trey's voice announcing the recaps of it's current season and coming season finale this Friday on the Cartoon Net.... Just curious...
jacqvb29
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:31 pm
Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:55 pm2
I'm just curious about the grade the lolitaeffectpaperposter got for this paper?
steve33
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:14 am
Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:24 pm1Canada
Hey man your the sh*t!!
Good luck workin at South Park
Look forward to readin more of your blog
New episodes were awsome!!! keep rollin still 5 more to do!!
kageoushu
Re: Production Blog for March 10, 2009
Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:35 am
Tue May 20, 2008 9:14 pm2
sweet! finally i know what the joke is!