Comedy and Political Correctness

One of the joys of this years was watching every Kid in the Hall (KITH) episode. I'm hopeless biased but they have to be one of the funniest ensembles of all time: two vaguely masculine Calgarians (Bruce and Mark), two metrosexual Torontians (Dave and Kevin) and Scott Thompson.

I can still remember the first time I encountered that show, I was in my bedroom, a teenager with a small TV flipping the channels on a sleepless night (I was an insomniac for most of high school) and stumbling across 'The Daves I know' sketch. I had no idea what was happening - but I was intrigued. There is only a handful of media that caught me by the neo-cortex like that: Spaceghost, MST3K, The Great Eastern, Monty Python and KITH. Perhaps the advent of the internet and its' constant sea of novelty has made this experience impossible or maybe I too old and jaded. I didn't understand what these guys were singing about - but it had the wiff of absurdity that intoxicates.
I caught what ever episodes I could on CBC or HBO or Comedy Channel...

Watching every episode confirmed just how brave that show was. 'Screw you, Taxpayer', 'Running Faggot', 'The guy with a good attitude towards menstruation', the Buddy Cole sketches, Bruce McCullough's confession monolouges, "I'm sorry I caused all that cancer", ect... Openly queer desire, endless transvestism, black-face, anti-corporate, anti-hipster, drug-taking - these guys were a 5-man wrecking ball.  So their attitude on 'political correctness' should be obvious: they are for it!

Dave Foley: "Kids in the Hall, we really believe in being politically correct. The idea the PC is ruining the world. No its people not understanding what PC is. I think PC is having a fundamental knowledge about what your talking about and fundamental human empathy"

This could be a difficult to really unpack - can 5 white guys really do black-face and cross-dressing and still be on the side on social justice angels? I'm not sure, but hearing that a group of the funniest, most radical comedians I've heard are also on the side of 'political correctness' is a good reminder that PC is not just some thought-police, kill-joy thing.

Now compare the cowards at South Park. I know they are cowards because they put out a cowardly show for everyone to see: endorsing America's every war and slurping up the blood, attacking unions while defending the rich and white - and most of all playing the 'anti-PC' card' each episode of every season.

I'm just going to put up a list of South Park head-lines.

South Park Takes on PC Police, Caitlyn Jenner
‘South Park’ Endorses ‘Ferguson Effect,’ Presents a World Without ‘Racist, Trigger-Happy’ Cops
South Park rips PC culture, liberals who want to leave America post-election
Social-justice warriors can’t take the ‘South Park’ heat

South Park Just Declared Open Season on Social Justice Warriors
South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media

South Park Raised a Generation of Trolls
Did South Park accidentally invent the alt-right?

‘South Park’ Creators: We’ll Make Fun of Anything — Except President Trump
South Park Creators backing off Trump
South Park’s Parker and Stone on How Their Anti-PC Fight Differs From Trump’s

So the Matt and Trey's two decades of cowardice have left them in the ugly, laughable position of trying to differentiate themselves from Trump (while promising not to satirize him anymore!).

As Saint Hicks once said: "Balless, soulless, spiritless, corporate little bitches, suckers of Satan's cock, each and every one of them"

ALSO

Bruce McCullough wrote:The thing I was left with was a sort of pride of stupidity, which is, we’re the least business cynical group of people you’ll ever meet. I don’t think we even have T-shirts for sale any more. We’d have troupes opening for us who would have T-shirts and a mailing list and we’d be like, ‘What the fuck’s that?”

South Park Empire wrote:The show spawned a merchandising industry generating hundreds of millions of dollars with everything from Mr. Hankey plushies to Cheesy Poofs (in a deal with Frito-Lay during season 15).

Parker and Stone have also created Denver Broncos and Denver Nuggets-themed shorts, featuring Cartman, for home games at Pepsi Center.

As Parker, Stone  are Los Angeles Kings fans, special South Park pre-game videos have been featured at Kings home games at Staples Center,[224] and the club even sent the Stanley Cup to visit South Park Studios after winning the 2012 finals.

The series is currently aired in syndication in 90 percent of the television markets across the U.S. and Canada, where it generates an estimated US$25 million a year in advertising revenue.

Important Studios, the South Park creators new company, already has an estimated value of $300 million

'Book Of Mormon' Brings In $19 Million Per Month

Hulu's deal will pay Comedy Central's parent company (Viacom) and the show's creators (Trey Parker and Matt Stone) a reported $192 million over five years. The money will be split 50/50 between both parties.

said that they made a new deal to make more than $75 million for the next 4 seasons. It said each season will have 14 episodes.

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