Marcus Schulzke South Park Summary

In Antonia Peacocke’s essay, “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and their Relations to the Unconscious”, she defended how vulgar Family Guy is. Although she agreed with many people who the show is “a cartoon comedy that packs more gags per minute about race, sex, incest, bestiality, etc.” (pg 300), Peacocke clearly stated “Family Guy is not harmful and derogatory, but a comical parody of day-to-day circumstances about taboos.” (pg ) She supported her thesis very well by including many evidences from Family Guy, when it talked about social injustices and such. However, there are a few things that made the essay imperfect. Peacocke forgot to include a counter argument for her own claims. Her organization is also very poor, making her essay quite

So if one guy called another guy a “fag” it is not necessarily to say that he is literally gay; it’s a charge that he is not being “a real man”. In essence the word “fag” is not only a homophobic slur, it is a homophobic slur that also attacks behavior as not being masculine. This is why Pascoe used the phrase gendered homophobia throughout the book to describe the masculinity the male students showed on a daily basis.

In Pascoe’s analysis of the word fag she interviews many boys at River High and most of them had the same response, that a boy could be called fag for exhibiting any sort of behavior defined as unmasculine such as being stupid or incompetent, to caring too much about something, or being too emotional(57). With this I analyzed the situation I always got stuck in and constantly was under fire for the word fag. At River High having a girlfriend “both protected boys from the specter of the fag and bolstered their masculinity” in certain cases (90). At El Capitan I was the guy who always had a girlfriend but I never dated girls from the same school. Even though I was adored by other girls at the school for expressing my love interest to this other girl. The guys constantly threw the word fag at me for being emotionally attached to a girl. So I was intrigued and happy to hear that in Pascoe’s one on one interviews the guys who would be calling me a fag were actually in the same situation as me but just too scared to admit their feelings publicly. All because of the social organization as Weeks explains that the peer influences within the high school put out a

The ABC sitcom tv shows Blackish is made by Kenya Barries. This comedy show focuses on an upper-middle-class African American family. On the season two episode one, ‘The Word’ is one of the shows that Blackish relates the problems or what 's going in the society in the show. This season was released on 2015, focusing on the use of the word ‘nigga’. It captures the possessiveness Drey the main character was displayed throughout the show. On Blackish episode one, the show is centered on the eight years old Jack who was doing the talent show. Jack starts dancing and rapping to the song “Gold Digger”, Soon after the dance, Jack starts saying the word nigga, following the lyrics of the song. Apparently, the school has a law that was passed down by Jack 's mom that you 're not allowed to say the ‘n’ word. After Jack breaks this rule, the shows later on then display the actions Drey takes to give his eight years old kid to have the right to say the ‘n’ word. Drey talks about how blacks have the right to say the ‘nigga’ word and not whites. He then goes on to tell us about how his generation had fought to get the word ‘nigga’ back from whites and should not be given back to them. On the ABC tv show, Blackish episode one of season two presents us with a lot of current problems the society is facing with the word ‘nigga’, this sitcom show grasps on the possessiveness of the word, the hold of history and background, teaching us throughout the show the rights blacks have on this word.

Profanity is a subject that many of us find ourselves not only intimidated by, but also unable to define. Is it simply a particular group of words that should not be uttered in polite company, or is it drastically more complicated? During the last 60 years, the American populace has found themselves spinning into what many consider to be a downward spiral with the issue of morality. In the following pages I am going to discuss what I consider to be the definition of profanity, by giving an overview of the now infamous “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” monologue performed, and written by George Carlin. I will also discuss some of Lenny Bruce’s ideology, and the legal, and public persecution both groundbreaking,

South Park has been around for a while now. Since it was aired for the first time on 13th August 1997, the show has constantly pushed the boundaries taking on everything, leaving out nothing. The reception among the wider population and the media had a wide range from “shocking” to “excellent”. One of the aspects of this success story is that, because of its provocative tone the show has managed to stay in the limelight. Public debate was evolving around certain episodes, bringing more and more attention to the show. As it was constantly picking up contemporary themes, topics or events, expectations were growing and “ 'How will South Park deal with x ' has become a common catch phrase” (Johnson-Woods 257). Another

Ever since 1997, South Park has revolutionized the cable TV scene as a profane and obscene program that isn’t afraid to mock religious, political, and cultural topics and not get away with at least offending somebody. Throughout its twelve seasons, some of the most prominent events in pop culture have suffered the wrath of ridicule from the show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and succeeded in making millions of Americans laugh until they cry. The creative genius behind these cultural and controversial statements has exalted the series to iconic status in our entertainment industry for its satirical voice in each episode. Throughout its ten years on air, South Park has broken multiple political,

Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” stirred controversy due to the bizarre nature of the music video. In the video, religious icons and the KKK appeared which angered Catholics. Yet, “Heart Shaped Box” is one of the most successful songs from Nirvana. Usually when artists or authors release workpieces that social identities as taboo, conversations reaching from coast to coast become debates of the decade. In this scenario, Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the hotspot for discussing the brutality of slavery and the usage of the prohibited “n-word”. Despite that, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic novel. However, the extent of using the “n-word” is becoming a problem teaching and discomfort for the education system.

On September 3, 2010, an episode of a show called Community was aired. During the episode one character, Jeff Winger, said, “The most important tool is respect,” and Senor Chang responded “Ha, gay!” After the episode aired, this clip blew up all over social media. The producers of the show probably didn’t consider the scene to be harmful, but it gave people the justification to use gay in a teasing manner. The word gay in this context means dumb or stupid, which implies that homosexually is “stupid,” and there lies the wrongness of the new meaning.

I would recognize the elements that others may find offensive and discuss it with a friend. As mentioned previously, referring to a member of the LGBTQ community as an “it” then categorizing that same individual on the same level as a sex offender is inappropriate and wrong. This episode further perpetuates the idea that transgendered individuals are not actually people and they must be tagged and labeled before moving into a neighborhood. Then, I would point out all the elements of the episode that I find problematic instead of avoiding or justifying the issues. An example of this would be each time the show hints at something stereotypical, offensive, and invasive. In this episode, Ida is referred to as a “he-she-father-mother” by Peter, which is funny because he still is not sure what to call Quagmire’s dad. However, I would not look over or justify his statement to my friend because it is still offensive—considering the sensitivity and judgement surrounding Ida’s transformation. Lastly, if my friend points out a form of oppression and I disagree, I would not shut them down by stating that they are wrong. Instead, I would hear them out and engage with what they are saying by putting myself in their shoes. Although it is easy to ignore someone else’s opinion, it takes a true fan of a show to really hear what the other person is

“GOD HATES FAGS” is the kind of hate speech used by the members of Westboro Baptist Church to grab headlines and national attention. The public backlash against them has been almost universal. The public opinion that it is reprehensible and unnecessarily hurtful is at the center of the debate on whether or not some hate speech should be made illegal. An interesting side effect is it can have a polarizing effect for good. It can bring people together to stand up against the person or group speaking out of hatred. This type of rhetoric has taken many forms and had many sources over the years. Other examples include public anger towards Muslims after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, much of the debate about the Civil Rights movement in the ‘60s, and even comments by current presidential candidates all can be considered hate speech. As much as this type of hurtful language is instantly and historically detested it is still protected by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution. A recent case against Westboro Baptist church went all the way to the Supreme Court and their freedom to say these morally reprehensible things was upheld (Richey, 2011). Hate speech is something that should be protected by the 1st Amendment right of Freedom of Speech.

Teachers and parents are tired of hearing quotes, “holy crap dude!” and “kick a**” on the playground and in the house. Young viewers as young as children, are extremely tuned into South Park. Depending on the episode, parents seem to be holding their breath when they see which one their child is watching. “Some adults understandably express concern at this supposed emphasis on killing and death, as well as the implied violence” (Nixon 1999:14).

The word gay has been a part of America's history since the 1800’s, throughout time, the word gay has transformed and reshaped itself from different meaning to different meaning and onto how we view the word today. When first learning and hearing of the word in my childhood, my friends and I asked our parents what the word meant and they usually gave a response along the lines of, “It’s means to be happy.” This is the only response we got because a lot of people are uncomfortable with the word gay and describing what it means, especially to their children. As a result, the neighborhood kids, myself included, simply thought the word gay meant to be happy and so we would go around trying our new word say, “Hi! I’m gay!” We were not wrong, but

Which is the exact same question I asked them. Stacy’s response was quite lengthy: “well it's an interesting question when Katie and I grew up and were still in high school and couldn't even really fathom people coming out because it would have been completely off the coffin people would have gotten bullied and make fun of oh and it's interesting that they are still getting bullied, kids are without homes and without parents. They’re on the street but they have more confidence 20 years ago to still go out and be who they are regardless of what anybody else thinks so is fully alive and kicking absolutely do I hear people say fag in my daughter's elementary and middle schools absostinkingloutly, I think it’s better now than it was 20 years ago twenty years before but I still think it's alive and kicking and I think teens more readily come out just because they can't hide it and it's more difficult nowadays and we have honestly more categories today as far as your sexuality is concerned”. All of what she said I already knew and was quite similar to what was in chapter 3 of the book I read for my book report: John Corvino’s What’s Wrong with Homosexuality. Katie also commented on this question with something that added a bit more material to

Gay: adj., stupid, dumb, out of favor. That seems to be how our generation defined this word, it is sad to see that society has come to this, to relate a group of people to the words dumb or stupid. People use this word in many cases that don 't even have any relation to the actual meaning of the word, mostly as a derogatory term or insult. For example, if a student chooses to complain about a homework assignment or how a teacher runs their classroom, they usually will say “ Man, this is so gay, I hate this” . To the student, their statement is exactly the same as, “ Man, this is so stupid”. It is pitiful how this generation has done this to such a word that has so much other meaning behind it. It is the same story for similar words, like faggot or queer. These terms have