Again, South Park in this episode isn't trashing anything specific. It's about contemporary Americans' inability to engage with serious issues beyond a consumer lever due to the commodification of causes. This is one of the few South Park episodes in recent years that actually is satire as opposed to just commenting…

Again, South Park in this episode isn't trashing anything specific. It's about contemporary Americans' inability to engage with serious issues beyond a consumer lever due to the commodification of causes. This is one of the few South Park episodes in recent years that actually is satire as opposed to just commenting…

@avclub-e2684ea2157a2423b7463536886837b2:disqus

@avclub-e2684ea2157a2423b7463536886837b2:disqus

@avclub-b54372490fb6e3ccace51c0e3541db08:disqus

@avclub-b54372490fb6e3ccace51c0e3541db08:disqus

I grew up on the Chesapeake and have seen blue-collar towns have their whole industry (seafood) taken from them because of the pollution. Fucking tragedy.

I grew up on the Chesapeake and have seen blue-collar towns have their whole industry (seafood) taken from them because of the pollution. Fucking tragedy.

You're looking too hard at the specifics. It's about how "causes" (or anything substantial) can so easily become a commodity stripped of all meaning. Despite Parker and Stone's ostensible libertarianism, the critique isn't so far from something somebody like Slavoj Zizek would write, and the satire isn't a world away…

You're looking too hard at the specifics. It's about how "causes" (or anything substantial) can so easily become a commodity stripped of all meaning. Despite Parker and Stone's ostensible libertarianism, the critique isn't so far from something somebody like Slavoj Zizek would write, and the satire isn't a world away…

The Tenant is probably my favorite of his, though I recognize that Repulsion is probably his "best" movie (it was the perfect movie for that moment in time: a film about a beautiful young woman repulsed by sexuality living in the middle of swinging 60's London; as a secret prude, it's my favorite idea for a horror…

The Tenant is probably my favorite of his, though I recognize that Repulsion is probably his "best" movie (it was the perfect movie for that moment in time: a film about a beautiful young woman repulsed by sexuality living in the middle of swinging 60's London; as a secret prude, it's my favorite idea for a horror…

@avclub-222afbe0d68c61de60374b96f1d86715:disqus

@avclub-222afbe0d68c61de60374b96f1d86715:disqus

Yeah, I loved it too. It's not really a complex film (it's very easy to follow if you're paying attention) but what I responded to was the sentimentality (which may turn some people off). This is the most unabashedly emotional and earnest mainstream film I've seen in years. It's a film that believes in the power of…

Yeah, I loved it too. It's not really a complex film (it's very easy to follow if you're paying attention) but what I responded to was the sentimentality (which may turn some people off). This is the most unabashedly emotional and earnest mainstream film I've seen in years. It's a film that believes in the power of…

The lighting in that scene when Randy meets Grady is spot-on.

The lighting in that scene when Randy meets Grady is spot-on.

Oh God, the pizza sketch had me gasping for air. Perfection.

Oh God, the pizza sketch had me gasping for air. Perfection.