Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:54 am
Recently, a clip involving the kids from South Park has been making its way around the web, and I recently posted it in our Internet Links forum.
I've never heard why the clip was made and quite honestly, the joke isn't funny. It's the characters that sell the bit, and it made sense that Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park, were just trying to be offensive to make some point.
As it turns out, its for a film called The Aristocrats..
That joke was picked purposely because it isn't funny. The movie is a showcase of how 100 comedians tell the same joke. Its the film creators' way of showing how each comic is an artist and puts their own spin on everything.
The South Park version is obviously way over the top because that's their style of humor. They believe nothing is off limits.
Now the real joke probably does not contain references to 9/11 and incest, but its still so offensive that some of the comedians refused to tell it. Others took it even farther, like the South Park guys.
An interesting side note to this is that I had heard NOTHING about this film, until that article hit Yahoo. Now I'm very interested in seeing it.
Do you think that the intention of those opposed to this film was to generate a buzz?
Don't they realize that sometimes it's better to ignore something rather than give it publicity?
Remember, Married with Children was dead on arrival for its first week on TV, then some dumb bitch in Michigan started up a big stink about how it should be pulled from the air as it was so offensive to women. The following week it was a huge hit and it ran for 8(?) years. Had she shut her yap, it probably would have been cancelled.
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I've never heard why the clip was made and quite honestly, the joke isn't funny. It's the characters that sell the bit, and it made sense that Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of South Park, were just trying to be offensive to make some point.
As it turns out, its for a film called The Aristocrats..
That joke was picked purposely because it isn't funny. The movie is a showcase of how 100 comedians tell the same joke. Its the film creators' way of showing how each comic is an artist and puts their own spin on everything.
The South Park version is obviously way over the top because that's their style of humor. They believe nothing is off limits.
Now the real joke probably does not contain references to 9/11 and incest, but its still so offensive that some of the comedians refused to tell it. Others took it even farther, like the South Park guys.
An interesting side note to this is that I had heard NOTHING about this film, until that article hit Yahoo. Now I'm very interested in seeing it.
Do you think that the intention of those opposed to this film was to generate a buzz?
Don't they realize that sometimes it's better to ignore something rather than give it publicity?
Remember, Married with Children was dead on arrival for its first week on TV, then some dumb bitch in Michigan started up a big stink about how it should be pulled from the air as it was so offensive to women. The following week it was a huge hit and it ran for 8(?) years. Had she shut her yap, it probably would have been cancelled.
Edited By Leisher on 1122574277
