I have a confession, I love South Park
You know? The TV show that gets all sorts of shit for its foul language, racial injustices, and general air of lewd absurdity.
I revel in stuff like that, because more often than not, those types of shows have a lot more to say than talking about how Sarah Jessica Parker looks like a horse headed transvestite.
While the show is certainly not PG and takes its time to make fun of everyone, it does pass along some great moral points at the end of each episode. Some of the ideas are pretty corny and make one’s eyes do a 360 in their head, but others really are deep and insightful enough to be featured on a banana hands Anthony Robbins conference.
One such example took place during an episode when the group of kids went on a field trip to one of those god awful reenactment towns, the ones where everyone dresses up and refuses to break out of character unless they are out back by the butter churner getting high.
At a certain point during the episode Cartman (the fat and notoriously racist one) and his inadvertent partner in crime, Butters (a naiveté good kid) ditch the lame camp and head to a local arcade.
After Butters starts complaining about them getting caught and how they should go back to the camp, Cartman makes a side point that literally caused me to hit pause on my computer.
Cartman: Life goes by pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once and a while and do whatever you want all the time, you can miss it.
If you know anything about me and my site then you know that I practically live my life vicariously through this statement.
The selfish lifestyle is essential in order to maintain ones insanity. Sure its fun and games meshing with other people and their ideas (read: marriage, relationships, friends, family, etc) but if you constantly find yourself on the tail end of other people’s desires and feelings you could find yourself in the middle of a jungle oasis, surrounded by lush white sand beaches and still want to kill yourself.
Taking time to enjoy the things that you want, when you want them, is a sure fire way to make your life that much more worthy of having a movie crafted over it.
So, say what you want about the racist bigotry that occurs in South Park, but its writing examples like this and the fact that they poke fun at every racial, religious, and political group on the planet that will keep this crazy sob watching season after season.
Keep up the great work Cartman
Gabriel
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