South Park Swear Language Techniques

One show in particular, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, frequently uses comedic satire in its’ episodes. The program follows four unethical, lazy friends that own an unsuccessful bar outside Philadelphia. Due to the gang’s frequent premature judgments and twisted views, they often find themselves in troubling situations that only get worse before they begin to get better. Through the particular style of television this show uses, the viewer is able to laugh at how senseless its’ character’s actions are in order to highlight certain social issues. ‘The Gang Gets Racist’ episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia uses satire to criticize modern day racism as well as homophobia through the dysfunctional humor of its characters.

For example, students from Baltimore use the word “dummy” to refer to their friend or other natives of Baltimore. In Prince George’s County, Maryland, students use word “moe” to refer to people in general. Another example of how different slang is used is further south in Texas. A student from Texas uses “buddy” or “partner” to reference his friends . Thus, southern dialect in regards to slang is too broad to be categorized as one specific way southerners choose their words. As previously stated, the lexical differences between the North and the South could be because of a number of factors. It can especially be dependent on something deeper than just the geographical location, such as race or social

Khan B Shairani Professor Johnson English 009G May 16 2015 The Societal Impact of Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Progressive Message and Why it is Important TV shows are representations of societal constructs and, especially in comedies; these constructions are emphasized to a greater degree. Comedies throughout history have had a tendency to take advantage of blatant stereotypes and purposefully create a dialogue to elicit humor through said stereotypes. For example, an instance of stereotyping can be seen in I Love Lucy, this humor is based around Ricky's Cuban accent and lack of English skills. The apparent punch line being the characters lack of understanding what Ricky is saying as well as Lucy's mimicry of his accent.

The show almost makes it a point to go above and beyond what is considered socially acceptable by most other TV shows. Offensive and distasteful humor is the norm and there is virtually no limit, offending everyone and everything in its path. However, what many fail to realize is that the show is not offensive for the sake of being offensive, but because it centralizes around satire. While rude and offensive, South Park stays current with what is happening in the world.

These short films featured an animated Jesus pitted against an evil snowman and his sidekick Santa Claus (Nixon, 1999). The program was an instant success as its audience appreciated its unique brand of comedy, by taking real-life events and parodying them. Although amusing to many South Park has established itself as a program that pushes the limits on absurdities. This program proceeds to denounce American philosophies and identifications for entertainment and humor purposes (Nixon, 1999). By applying an intersectional approach, and focusing on topics such as politics, socioeconomic hierarchies, race, and gender, South Park’s episodes emphasize and challenge issues of political importance.

In the episode “Run for your Wife” in Modern Family the children in the Dunphy family swear constantly. For example, when Luke shot Alex in the arm she swore at him in front of their mom. The mom Claire yelled at her but didn’t take it too serious. Swearing shows no respect to the family. If kids were to swear in the 50’s they would most likely be punished, whereas in today’s society swearing is becoming quite normal for everyday language especially for teens.

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,

Dick Cavett, a famous American talk show host, once said, “Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.” Censorship limits free speech, and it is used constantly today. In South Park’s situation, the writers use logic and evidence to express their opinions on controversial issues, and people think that it should be censored. Just because the show uses morally questionable techniques, does not mean that it is useless. In fact, South Park has taught people a lot; it changes our point of view and encourages us to think deeply about the issues at hand while simultaneously making us laugh. For people unfamiliar with South Park, it is an animated comedy television which airs on Comedy Central. The show revolves

South Park began airing in 1997. The commercials that preceded it gave the impression of it being another stupid cartoon; however, when I began watching, I realized important issues were being covered through the repeated behaviors and actions of its characters, through the influences these actions could have on the viewers, through the reinforcement and rejections of certain stereotypes, through the long-term effects that could result from watching the program, and through its reflection of social reality.

The national identity of Australia has also developed strangely when dealing with taboo, especially with the younger Australians. Many youths no longer find many profanities as rude or taboo as the older generations, in particular with words like “fuck”, “shit” and “bloody” which used to be packed with a certain punch. In fact, many of these words are actually used as interjections (“Shit! No way!”),

Slang terms have been a prominent part of society for many years. Slang terms have also changed from generation to generation. This paper will discuss some common slang terms and see if there is a significant difference between the generations. Two hypotheses were used for this research project. The reason that there are two is explained in the paper.

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

TITLE NAME INSTITUTION   South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 American adult animated comedy film based on the animated television series South Park. The film is mostly deals with issues surrounding censorship and freedom of speech. In the film, the main characters who are four boys from a small town in Colorado go to a theatre to see a controversial R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance and Phillip.is the fault of Canada that their children are speaking in a foul language. Generally South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a movie that depicts the dangers of censorship.

In this paper i will be analysing and discussing the semiotics on an episode of The Simpson series.

In Clueless, a major concept in practically every scene is the slang used by the characters. Understanding slang has a direct effect on