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Satirical Abortion in Animated Fiction There are many prevalent issues, including abortion, race, religion, and pedophilia, that exist not only in America, but across the world, that many people have a difficult time discussing. These topics have a tendency to make people uncomfortable, and when brought up in discussion it can be easy to offend someone who has an opposing opinion. Even though conversation about these issues is difficult to engage in, the conversations are important to have. Satire

William Robertson Smith, a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland, once said that, "The god can no more exist without his people than the nation without its god." This quote means that the amount of belief that people have on God reflects on how much hope God has for a nation. This quote ties into various discussions that have been going on for a long time, and that is whether or not God exists. A well known philosopher who

in nature. Though not in its nature, transgressive humor does have the ability to playfully criticize ignorance, prejudice or stereotypes. Such is the case in the most successful, transgressive comedy based show to date, South Park. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park is a half-hour show, purposefully animated poorly, and focuses on the adventures of four nine-year old boys in a small, redneck mountain town. The boys, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny, constantly abuse each other, invoking

On May 21, 1265 in Florence, Italy the authors most influential in changing the Christian vision of mankind’s eternal fate was born.His name is Dante Alighieri and he was born into a very well to do family of Florence Italy. The Alighieri family had a long history of involvement with the Florentine political scene, and this involvement went on to influence Dante’s book, Inferno. Dante’s early life was rough, at a young age his mother died, and at the age of twelve he was forced to marry the daughter

was a huge risk Matt Stone and Trey Parker did, but it was in their right to say whatever they want as long as it did not cause harm to anyone. There have been movies that have been banned or had to change because of the public did not approve or strongly disagree with the movie. Some movies were "Baby Face" (1933), directed by Alfred E. Green, and "Inherit the Wind " (1960), directed by Stanley Kramer. In the movie "Baby Face", a woman named Lily who has been working on the mills has been "immediately

Award season is in full swing and that means that our eyes are on the stars and what they are wearing. Women in the music and film industry use the red carpet to express themselves, and grab as much attention as they can. The evolution of red carpet fashion directly correlates with fashion treads in most cases and has always been a way for celebrities to make a statement. There are dresses that we all remember from different award shows throughout the years. Such as Rihanna’s recent rhinestone encrusted

Manbearpig: Half Man, Half Bear, Half Pig, but All Global Warming? South Park is a popular animated comedy series written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. While the episodes of South Park are always humorous on the surface, each show usually has a deeper, much more profound meaning and moral. One episode of South Park entitled Manbearpig, named after the monster in the episode, has a particularly potent deeper meaning. On the surface, the episode pokes fun at monster stories, politics, and specifically

Religion is Funny.” This line once said by co-creator of South Park Matt Stone has caused so much controversy over the years about how we treat other cultures and religions that it has emerged to become a number one topic. Even though religion has been around for many year’s people still take their beliefs very seriously. Media has even start making fun of religions by making jokes about the systems of beliefs of a religion and the people that follow those religions based on the negative stereotypes

1. Introduction 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

Religion is Funny.” This line, once said by co-creator of South Park Matt Stone, has caused so much controversy over the years about how we treat other cultures and religions that it has emerged to become a number one topic. Even though religion has been around for many years, people still take their beliefs very seriously. Media has even started making fun of religions by making jokes about the systems of beliefs of a religion and the people who follow those religions based on the negative stereotypes