David
Valleau Curtis and Gerald J. Erion wrote an article about the very popular
television show “South Park”. The article basically talks about what goes on in
this tv show such as vulgar language, and racial and religious comments and if
this is “unfettered intellectual inquiry” or “potty humor”. They talk about the
different opinions people may have about the show as well as thoughts on Open
and Closed Society. They focus more on why the show is good rather than bad and
why open society can be better than a closed society. Throughout the article
they make some good points which helped lead to my opinion on this matter.
I have watched South Park a few
times and I enjoyed it each time. The vulgarity of the show is what makes it
funny. Although they do diss a lot of different types of people, it is meant to
be make you laugh. It’s not in any way serious nor is it intended to hurt
anybody’s feelings and I think everyone that watches it knows that. It’s not
hard to see that the show is sarcastic, and its sole purpose is to be nothing
more than humorous.
This television show’s target
audience is teenagers and young adults. People in this age group usually see
and hear things similar to what is said on the show pretty frequently. Some of
the conversations between the characters sound like the conversations that a
lot of the audience may have themselves.
This article talks about open
society versus closed society. South Park is okay in an open society but would definitely
be banned in a closed society. An open society is one that gives you freedom
where as a closed society is a totalitarian style society. The purpose of a
closed society is basically security, to protect its’ citizens from being
corrupted. I, along with many others, wouldn’t like to live in a closed society
because it doesn’t let you be an individual nor does it give you many rights.
Maybe it’s because I’m an
American and I was brought up in an open society, but I believe that an open
society is a good thing, as well as freedom of speech in television shows like
South Park. People need to lighten up a little and find the humor in things
rather than make a big deal out of something that is clearly meant to be funny.
Brittany,
ReplyDeleteYour paragraphs are particularly focused. At times a little too much summary of the article, but the focus is pretty decent nonetheless.
One thing to work on is to provide specifics to emphasize particular points. If you SP "disses" people....instead just provide some example the shows the point you are trying to make. If you want to make it negative against SP...focus on how they make fun of an activist for being overweight even though she has done a lot of good work. If you want it to sound positive, highlight an example that you have found particular appropriate. This is the "stating your opinion without actually stating your opinion" thing I have talked about in class.
-Filip