American animated satirical TV series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone — debuted 1997 on Comedy Central — set in the fictional Colorado town of South Park — featuring four elementary school boys — the most sustained, incisive, and equal-opportunity satirical television series in American broadcast history.
Creates the template for equal-opportunity savage political satire in animation — South Park's refusal to spare any political tribe, religion, or celebrity (attacking left and right equally, mocking Scientology, satirizing PC culture before it was mainstream) is the most consistent application of satirical integrity in American television; its rapid production cycle (six days per episode) allows real-time cultural commentary.
Discussing
Ask anything about South Park — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.
Sign in to start a conversation.