That time South Park was PRAISED for using 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 word... 42 times...
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Say it once and it's a racist slur, say it 42 times and it's a statement.
And you got 42 likes as I'm writing this comment lol
I made lots of statements in game lobbies
@@stephillpotten5400 yo.
Cause 42 is the ultimate answer. 101010 in binary
Your honor, it's ok because I said it 42 times
That A being turned over to show "Naggers" in complete silence is such a memorable part of the episode, XD
I love the cameraman looking at Randy like "I wish you would."
y e a s e
Silence apart from the squeak of the letter turning...lol
It was done so perfectly 😂
Well after showing that they're using the touch panel displays lmao
"two words which separately are completely harmless" is some of the best writing I've ever come across...
I had the pause the video to laugh at that one
month:April/year:2024/the 5th
When together are also completely harmless.... Wow.... It's almost like words don't have any physical reaction in the real world.
@@nono-yw3tvah yes, I’m sure that all wars have been fought without a single word said by either side.
@@nono-yw3tvah yes, being told I have a terminal illness will have no effect on my mental health or well being
So when South Park says it 42 times in 25 minutes they get a standing ovation. But when I say it 42 times in 25 minutes, suddenly I’m “racist” and “am not allowed back at Chuck E Cheese.”
L joke
Did you just completely overlook the message SP was going for?
@@momo-chanthegerbil6205 I think the comment is satire
@@TheWeirdcoreMan good lord I hope so
42 likes for the 42 times
“We dont know how we get there but as long as we end up with Cartman fighting a midget that’ll be sweet” is the most Matt and Trey statement lol.
it reminds me of what they told anyone who asked why they were wearing dresses to the Oscars while on Acid.
With Disturbed's "Down With The Sickness" as fighting music.
Big fan of any South Park video essayist who refers to the DVD commentaries 👍 those things are gold
@@liamnehren1054😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@NobodyC13 i love disturbed
As peter griffin said, "they respected me for saying it"
I worked with a white guy who said it around MULTIPLE black guys who respected him for saying it, white guy thought he was god and went crazy because he's not Matt Stone or Trey Parker and could not handle that power.
@@newusernamehere4772 it's true
Ironic that you quote Griffin on a South Park video.
@newusernamehere4772 yeah it's literally the opposite 99% of the time. The kind of person who respects you for saying it is probably the kind of person you'd want to avoid, lol.
1 minute gang 🤯
„Duh, Southpark wouldn’t get always with this now a days“
Southpark meanwhilejust few years ago: Releases a Game where u set the difficulty with ur skincolour in character creator
nowadays!
Please kick me. All best.
@@notreallydavid 🤣 not native and mobiles just sometimes suck ass🤷♂️🤣
@@adamplaza3935 They do. Mine tries to write every kind of shit if I don't take care.
I bear said game with my skin as black as night
I mean, that's also great social commentary.
The fact that Randy chose the letters "B O N G" is hilarious to me.
oh lol I always thought it was supposed to be “bingo” but u only get one vowel so he picked O
Lmao
@tiablue9106 that is the joke. If he had guessed the "I" at some point, he wouldn't have been in that position.
@@kylefreeman181I don't care if that was incidental or on purpose, I just discovered whole new layer of a joke for that scene
The real lesson here is that you can't get away with saying it just once, you will need to confidently say it 42 times
Also true
so thats what im doing wrong
Honestly: as a white guy who had to read the part of "N-word Jim" from of mice and men in a very mixed race high school, you HAVE to say it confidently and also I straight up went "Teacher: are you suggesting I read this AS WRITTEN?!?" And looked around at the class. Put the responsibility on the teacher in that scenario and I got away with no ass whooping.
@@spacemanx9595acting is a whole different scenario
@@spacemanx9595contextually reading it in a book it's not the same as saying it as a slur to a person of color. It's weird to me that this is a struggle for white people to understand.
Bro Matt and Trey got threatened by literal Islamic terrorists. They dont give two shits about terminally online Twitter users 💀💀💀
Twitter did not exist when they were threatened by Islamists lol
@@purplebunzwell yeah, so they were like “I’ve been through worse” when it did comes around
@@purplebunz what I'm saying is they don't care what Twitter thinks and like the user above me said. They've been through worse situations lol
@@purplebunzYes it did. Twitter launched in 2006, episode 201 aired in 2010.
@@craigkemeryyeah but it was different back then
"jesse jackson is not the emporer of black people"
"he told my dad he was"
gets me every single time
I used this episode for the foundation of a college essay on satire. The creators have just mastered and repeatedly demonstrated the satirical value in their work and have (rightfully imo) maintained that reputation
Did it get a good grade?
@@TheIT221 it did! I could’ve formatted it better so I know I’d do better on a second attempt but I got an A in the course bc of it
@@cameron7202 now I want to read it, but I guess it's not worth doxing yourself over that
@@ReaperCH90he should just replace all the personal information with the words "chicken tenders"
This is exactly why it's important to have enough braincells to understand nuance
Unfortunately, as the years go by and more people get sucked into all this woke garbage on twitter, people like that are getting farther and fewer in between.
Totally
Imagine being so ignorant that fricking _Soth Park_ is too nuanced for you. And the sad truth is, most people are.
Common sense isn't common anymore.
@@ITIsFunnyDamnIT I hope you continue to grow and one day learn to love yourself
The cameraman being black was the icing on the cake.
Also funny how Stan keeps getting put in this situation thanks to Randy
I’ve watched this show mostly from overseas since being a kid but only recently learned what narcissism (as a disease) is. It sheds new light on Randy’s behavior and its effects on Stan and the rest of the family. I used to always see Randy as a carbon copy of my brother. Now I realize at least one of the writing contributors must have a narcissist in the family and creating Randy as a character is a form of therapy.
@@chamuuemura5314only one guy writes the show. They go into a writers room for the first couple days (they make an episode in 7 days or less so when you see a new episode it probably was finished that morning or the night before)then afterwards he pretty much sits at his computer writing the script as well as voicing at least half of the characters along side co creator matt stone. Maybe it is him over exaggerating narcissistic aspects of his dad since they do exaggerate a lot and he did say randy was sorta based on his dad
@@chamuuemura5314 I never wachted SP regularly so I don't see how Randy is supposed to display a narcissist. To me he just appears as a guy with a lot of chaotic engery and a very limited understanding of his world. Sure he lacks empathy, but generally he also lacks logical reasoning because he is a funny cartoon character and not a real human.
What narcissitic red flegs do you see in Randys behaviour?
@@chamuuemura5314 I mean, a lot of people have that in their family. If you dont, you are probably the narcissist. Its quite a common thing these days. I just read recently that 53% of gen z wants to be an influencer when they grow up. Thats basically making narcissism your career.
And yeah Randy does have a lot of narcissistic traits, but hes not a malevolent narcissist. Hes just stupid and racist.
@@nostalji75 He always puts his own needs over his family, doesnt give a shit about what is going on with Stan or his wife, and in the recent seasons he moved them to a farm so he can grow weed so he can get high all day.
He also caused covid by having sex with a pangolin.
As a black man, I can totally say, randy saying the hard R N word is still hilarious
the first time I was watching this episode, I honestly thought it was the letter I that was missing, just because that's how I thought it would play out, given Randy's bad luck; that's why I found it so funny when it was the letter A.
I wonder how many viewers made that same mistake in guessing the letters.
Respect.
It's just funny how blatantly stupid it is that makes it so damn funny, I hate that anyone can even get mad at it.
Cool man
I always find it funny how people who have zero connection to an ethic group are the ones who get the most offended by these things.
Well to be fair, things only ever change when straight white men get offended.
Which isn't right but it is the way it is.
Only once straight white men got offended by people's sexism, racism, homophobia, did things start to change for the better.
Exactly. Let me have some fun with satire, nigga. Others should stop becoming offended on other people’s behalf, especially Twitter.
I'm on the spectrum and I thought the episode Ass Burgers was hilarious! Same for this joke in Cobra Kai:
Johnny: Are you one of those challenged kids?
Eli: The doctor said I could be on the spectrum.
Johnny: I don't know what that is but get off it pronto.
Possibly cos we're the ones who get judged because others in our ethnic group use it.
I do love how they set it up, "people who annoy you" and the black cameraman looking at the puzzle like "WTF?" and then Randy just blurts it out all excitedly because he thought he had the game in the bag! 😂😂😂
I think the cameraman is looking at Randy........like dont u fucking dare 😤
@@alanmurray5963 it was a bit of both probably.😁
He should have gone through all the vowels in his mind first - "noggers, nuggers, nagge-- NAGGERS! It has to be that!" - and not jump to conclusions. Something for all people to learn from.
The funniest part is that nagger was somehow not the first word he thought of. But a slur for black people. Making me question if Randy is actually racist because he'd had to find black people annoying 💀💀💀.
Like, what was he supposed to do? if that black camera man was in Randy's shoes, I'm sure he also would have said that!
Somehow, Cartmen laughing uncontrollably at the midget was the most wholesome he has ever been. He genuinely had no i'll will towards him, he just couldn't control himself.
I think Cartman crying over his friend dying even after the horrible shit he has done in the past is even more wholesome. There was literally nothing in that situation that would have benefited him yet he still cried because he genuinely cares for his friends, I think he just hates/doesn't know how to show it.
@@Genderbend_Sunnybefore or after he made the shakeys pizza?
@@holyheretic3185 Can't remember, I stopped watching south park years ago but I still remember that episode
i think thats perfect for cartmans character. evil action without any evil intent. hes just messed up.
And then he fought the midget
Being a black guy in america i support matt and trey. But holy shit its not that deep. People who let words control them are THE problem and should be ignored. Morgan freeman pointed out exactly how to fix this shit and people keep pretending its not the answer
But we can’t just act like things are okay for everyone though. It’s not the word, it’s the implication and history of it. You’re right words shouldn’t control you but when there’s so much baggage attached to that word it’s not so simple
@@danrandall3302yeah but it isn’t your baggage is it? It is almost no one alives baggage
@@danrandall3302 We cant punish people and taking away their careers when some low minded people cant fathom that words can be used in different context. Sure, if someone in a negative way calls someone the n word that is a "fair" treatment but simply saying the nword like randy did in a gameshow where its not directed towards anyone or singing the n word in a song shouldn't do anything. The whole point of black people using the n word is to change its meaning to a positive meaning between those affected yet keeps the negative meaning to those who aren't affected which entirely defeats the point of changing a word.
There have been words that in the past was very controversial and negative yet today is no harsher than saying hi, and that's simply because words can and will change.
People can and will always interpret spoken / written words different but that is no means to attack someone who used a word in a non negative way.
@@jockin It's not hard to just NOT say the word. it's so simple
@@danrandall3302 it's not hard to NOT punish a girl for posting song lyrics.
And it's not hard to simply understand how fucking language works and not start attacking someone who cited or sang it in a non malicious way.
It's not the right of saying the nword I'm arguing for but the backlash that I'm very against.
But that will be very hard when a majority of those people simply wont grasp language and some people want to find a way to be offended.
"HOW DO THEY GET AWAY WITH IT?!" Because they're right. They're not being ridiculous, PEOPLE are ridiculous. That's been the point of the show arguably from the very beginning: people are ridiculous. South Park holds a mirror up to society and there's really nothing we can do but say "yeah... you're right"
I love the midget plot for pretty much the same reason as the anti-bullying episode, because of the way the episode shows how hypocritical it is to preach a message of rising above hate while trying to get back at someone for making fun of you.
he's twitter😂😂😂
Every time I hear Cartman laugh like that I start laughing as well, cant help it.
"how hypocritical it is to preach a message of rising above hate while trying to get back at someone for making fun of you."
To stop bullying, just teach your kid how not to be bullied. There's no bully if the kids will stand up against the bully.
@@konaqua122 this is the dumbest thing i've read today, thanks
@@konaqua122that’s not how real life works. you can’t always tell who the bully is. Half the time when I’d clap back at a bully I’d end up getting in trouble.
South Park is comedy with thought behind it. Not just to be edgy for edge sake.
Meh, 50/50
Fr, it's the whole reason I can't stand Drawn Together especially the movie bc they're just being crass and offensive "bc it's funny" instead of making a point. Worse yet, the creators of that show and movie said that they like and have no ages feelings towards south park after they got cancelled and featuring south park as the main antagonist for their movie was just because they claimed they loved it so much. Nah. It just comes across as bitter. South Park is just a different breed of show and they were bitter about that.
@@jamj4ryeah, glad it’s cancelled. The whole “joke” is that “look, it’s someone saying or doing something not normal!”. Isn’t that so funny?
@@jamj4rthey tried so hard to be Matt and Trey they ended up becoming a bootleg.
@@Roll1nThund3r that makes 100
Gotta love the very random Hunter S. Thompson picture at the coffee shop where Randy does his slam poetry
It’s not random at all though.
Having never been to a slam poetry event at a coffee shop, I can still say with total confidence that the Hunter S Thompson picture is very accurate. lol
There’s a trend that I’ve seen in the entertainment industry that I’ve called “the South Park effect”
The South Park effect is how when a show is controversial for long enough, the amount of controversy that the show receives goes down. It goes from “Did you hear about the terrible thing they did on South Park?” to “South Park did something offensive again, but what else is new?” and that was probably one of the factors that led to the response that this episode got.
I don't think that's limited to the entertainment industry. It applies to people irl too. Context is key, knowing your audience is key, and having good intentions is key. When you've established that you're not just doing or saying something for the sake of being provocative or causing harm, you're allowed to be a little more edgy. But there has to be a "good" purpose for it and you have to establish some credibility first.
Desensitisation.
I agree. I didn't get the social commentary that other people are seeing.
seeing as they had at that point already had an episode where Kyle k*lled Jesus Christ, and Bin Laden dies after being ridiculed, episode where Christopher Reeve eats aborted fetuses to regenerate use of his legs and back... an episode where Cartman k*lls the parents of his bully and makes him eat them in a chilly contest.
the N word episode is one of their milder ones.
Reverse psychology is one of the best rhetorical weapons, and South Park has proven this time and time again,
The episode was wrong though because Karen is a racial slur against white women but no one seems to care.
@@-APD2007I genuinely can’t tell if this is satire
They did it with the “eat, pray, queef” episode, and as a woman it really did represent how we feel on the subject. It’s a brilliant episode
@@-APD2007 Merciful Jesus, you cannot be serious 🤣
@@-APD2007 maybe that segment of white women should stop acting that way if they don't want to be "slurred"? Black women can also Karen it up fwiw.
I think one of the other great aspects of this episode that wasn't really highlighted is how Stan keeps trying to "fix" the situation, but every time he does it by _telling_ Token why it should be OK now, but never actually _asking_ Token what he feels would make things better. It's a clear representation of the problem that a lot of people have of coming in from outside and trying to impose their own solutions on a problem, without really attempting to understand or get input from the people who are actually affected by it.
His name is Tolkien
@@sallyjrwjrw6766 because its similar to token thats the point of the character name, surely this is a understandable mistake that did not need correcting.
@@superalbbatross you must not watch South Park. It was a whole thing
"Never actually asking Token what he feels would make things better" exactly. I think maybe there's a bit of the "law of the instrument" in that, as everyone thinks they know what works for their own problems, they try to apply that same hammer to other people's problems, even societal problems that are so much more complex. What's funny to me, in a tragic sort of way, is that it really SHOULDN'T be complex, but it's just so hard for humans to abstain from hatred and cultural biases for some bizarre reason. Why can't we all just get along?
@@Twisted_Code Because when you grow up and become wiser you will notice that half of humanity has been lied to and believe the lies, the other half was lied to and took the time to learn.
14:24
"10/10, I really makes you feel like a [n-word] guy." -IGN
The guy poking out from behind the camera has always been my favorite part of this episode.
Naggers joke was probably one of the best offensive jokes i ever saw in comedy
“offensive”
@@maybefaith23 only offencive if your a black person who gets offended by everything and cant see the funny side of life
or your a white twitter user with no life other then be offended
Cartman constantly laughing his ass off at Doctor Nelson never ceases to crack me up
"Hehe, say: 'Uncle.'"
"UNCLE!"
"Okay, now say: 'Carol Anne, don't go into the light!'"
"CAROL ANNE, DON'T GO INTO THE LIGHT!"
@@NobodyC13 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
His nervous system things it’s too funny to ignore
"look how his cheeks got all red, he's like a little strawberry!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Reminded me of the episode in which he can't laugh anymore after seeing a pair of literal buttfaces
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@keerf255 somewhere out there in the spaces, there's a station who just had that one "special" assistant blow up.
@@thetaminus2334 I hate to say this, but I'm betting money that's a Sseth reference you're making. Some nonsense involving a clown.
Is that correct?
@@keerf255 what's there to hate?
Your vids just got me through writing a 5 hour essay. I’m eternally grateful dude
The true comedic brilliance of this episode was Vannah White turning the letters to the actual answers with her head bent down in embarrassment. Gets me every time.
So much of it was brilliant. Randy's initial sheepishness, the look of horror on the Marsh's faces because they know he's dumb enough to say it, the look of anger on every Black person in the audience, Randy just going all in with such enthusiasm thinking "There is no way I'm going to be wrong!", then the defeated squeak of the letter being turned to reveal the A...
Yeah, wish Blooms mentioned it here, it's hilarious and adds to the message greatly.
The way Randy, the other people in the room, and the viewers all defaulted into assuming it was THAT word when it was just a simple innocent A spelling Naggers.
It showcases the unconcious biases many people can have, leaping the gun and drawing tasteless leaps in assumption when it wasn't even something offensive.
Like, there's cases where seeing somehing offensive can actually be more telling of your own faults than the thing you saw asumed was something offensive.
A prime example of that kinda of stuff happening unironicly is Extra Credit's infamous essay about Orcs where they projected so many shocking horrible things other people watching Lord Of The Rings or such would have even remotely began to consider.
They completely exposed all their revolting thoughts on how they view POC in that essay in the most hilarious trainwreck of self incrimination through trying to prop themselves up claiming the were "Defending" Black people.
They were the ones who drew connections that weren't there, and that's the commentary wof the openimg scene of the episode via dialing it up to 11 and having an ucommon innocent word.
@@_-Lx-_ I didn't watch the episode so the clips could have been played out of chronological order.
That said it appears as though everyone in the audience thought the guy was going to say the n-word specifically because he said I shouldn't say this word.
You said a lot of stuff that sounds like you yourself jumped to a conclusion, but like I said I haven't seen the episode so hopefully I am the one wrong.
Something to think about... Now to find the LOTR episode because fun fact: people (Black people included) have long questioned the portrayal of the characters in LOTR films. This conversation was brought up again in the movie Bright. Was that an intentional parody of the problems in LOTR? Was that just a shallow and lame racism allegory?
Finally, I should also add that people have questioned medieval literature with their black and white knights. It was questioned during medieval times as isn't a recent question. This is particularly true because most African and East Asian cultures historically associated white with death, ghosts, and malice. However, most Western European countries chose to go the opposite direction.
@@john2g1
Dude, you're questioning me on episodes and topics you haven't even looked at, everyone was thinking it during the opening of this episode because if the way it was set up and so on the nose yet subverted.
Question of "People who annoy you" with the Letters
N [blank] G G E R S
On an incredibly offensive satircal show that then revealed it to simply be the word
Naggers (as in someone nagging and complaining)
Plus reflecting and growing from analyizing subconcious aspects of yourself and growing/fixing them would be the opposite of a problem.
And Bright is a GODAWFUL MOVIE that was absolutely torn to shreds by everyone I've ever seen talk about it with a terrible recception.
It's possible to make race allegory and metaphor well, with something like Zootopia doing super well with the "There's a them now?" scene, Splatoon has it with Inklings and Octolings, and it's possible to use Orcs the same way potentially successfully. I have seen that in media before. But no fantasy race is inherrently based on IRL racial matters, it all relies on intent and how they are utilized.
Rockos Modern Life had an episode about coming out of the clostet as a Clown, Clowns and LBGTQ are not at all remotely linked yet it made commentary with the way it portrayed the episode.
However you need to actually subtle nuance and be careful/tactful with your approach.
Bright is absolutely a shallow lame race allegory, look up any review of that slop, it was bashed for how bad and tasteless it was.
Something like Bright is ATROCIOUSLY WRITTEN with the "heros" themselves being absurdly racist to the other characters and never really meaningfully changing made only worse by the terribly written blatent parodies of actual race issues, something like Extra Credit's video on Orc claims Orcs are sterotypes of Black people due to being "Ugly warlike beings" as they show an Orc and a Black woman looking nothing alike in apperence or personality. That video was unaniomously hated and mocked by everyone and had an absurd dislike ratio. They were claiming Orcs as an entire concept were based on Black People and offensive depictions of them in all media due to being "savage brutes"
They were projecting.
LOTR Orcs aren't racist, they had no real basis on Black people whatsoever, there are no parelels between their history, they act nothing alike, aren't Orcs in LOTR literally Elves corrupted by Sauron or SMTH? There was not intent fot any commentary or characature in them and I have yet to see anyone give a valid example of why they are.
Many Black people HATED Bright and Extra Credits, the whole internet basically unanimously agreed they sucked.
You're claiming you know what you're talking about when you haven't watched the Acclaimed South Park video in question yet apparently think Bright and Extra Credits, both which reccive immense backlash and criticism for having terrible writing and harmful messages, somehow are sophisticated and have points.
Dude, I reccomend questioning yourself here as you're really the exact kinda thing I am talking about, most other people would be able to see it's very questionable what you are and are not considering good race commentary.
Dude, I have very socially aware and nuanced Black friends I have talked about these topics and discussed them myself.
Such as the censorship of BigBand in Skullgirls being incredibly biggoted and discriminatory as they removed one of the best characters integral Backstory and projected every aspect if his character across most his voicelines to be offensive yet left Peacock (Who has very similar stuff in her backstory, yet even more blunt and gruesome) nearly entirely untouched due to the new company projecting their own bigotry and viewing anything to do with Black People as offensive.
Dude, I reccomend reconsidering yourself here and questioning the fact you think Bright and Extra Credits have valuable input, two of the most unanimously despised biggoted attempts at racial commentary in years.
@@_-Lx-_ Somethings are open to opinions and somethings are flat out wrong.
Let's start with the point I tried to make that you missed. As soon as I saw the clip of the episode I knew the answer was naggers. That said everything was setup (including the thumbnail of this video) to make you think the n-word. I'm pointing out that your comment on people thinking the n-word was moot... Because everything was done to make you think the n-word. That was my point your first comment was moot, feel free to agree or disagree.
Next point: I mentioned Bright being problematic specifically because it's common knowledge that Bright is problematic. My whole point is that people have been discussing the portrayal of orcs and other imaginary creatures in media for centuries.
Final point; I watched the Extra Credits episode you mentioned. You and so many people missed 2 important things:
1. The premise of the video was inherently evil characters in *games* are bad *game* design. In the first few moments Extra Credits said that the video WAS NOT about comparing orcs to a group of people, but pointed out that that was a problem.
2. The video never said that the orcish features they highlighted applied to Black people.
I don't know how to properly explain this to you except to take the 3rd definition that was applied to the orcs... Warlike. Do Black people join the US military at a rate higher than any other ethnicity? No. Have Black people as a group ever declared war on another group or Nation? No. However, there is a stereotype that Black people are inherently more violent than other groups. In a span of 5 seconds you were supposed to use common knowledge and understand how that can be a problem because *that's not what the video was about*! If you needed it spelled out for you that was a companion video in the description.
I get that the graphic in the Extra Credits video was confusing. However, you have no excuse for misinterpreting me clearly pointing out that Bright was problematic. Especially since you were free to read the sentence over again before responding.
Sometimes I think people forget that behind every edgy joke in South Park is a lesson that Trey and Matt are trying to portray.
It's exactly
Yea it's like breaking bad fans who think Walt was the good guy lol, some people don't have media literacy. Or they're just too young to be watching these kinds of shows let's be honest
Yup exactly 💯
@@isaiahromero9861 yes I think that kids can take this kind of media the wrong way and it can have a negative impact on them.
@@Pongocity. If you now see that media can impact them, *imagine what learning about science, religion, and politics can do to them when only so young.*
The only people who have ever gotten offended by South Park are either 1. Too dumb to understand nuance, or 2. Refuse to admit that the joke is about them and they can't admit their part in the problem
The frustrations part had me dying. Real life moment for us all.
"I get it... I dont get it" still may be my single favorite South Park speech of all time.
Yep, very poetic and witty.
Sometimes, the lesson to take away is that you don't understand a topic/subject.
And aren't qualified to speak on such neccasarily.
Ahh the irony of two white guys telling white people what black people think
@@bigbirdmusic8199ahhh the idiocy of thinking every black person thinks the exact same as some sort of hive mind 🤡😂
@@bigbirdmusic8199 Yeah they shouldve asked Isaac Hayes to say it. Oh wait he quit the show because it made fun of scientology.
@@TheSuperappelflapsuffered a stroke and scientologists sent, without his knowledge, a letter on his behalf about not messing with scientology and quitting
I just can't get over all the irony in this premise: everybody's saying the N word in response to Randy saying the N word, and none of them get abused for it because in this case it's deliberate persecution, and that makes it okay. South Park is soooo good at taking things that are crammed down our throat as partisan topics and making them obviously a human problem, not an identity group problem.
Nope. You got it wrong.
@@Skydv2005 In what way? Because I didn't explicitly state that I recognize the most basic and obvious angles before I went for the nuances? The obvious stuff was in the video, man. 😅
@@Skydv2005 unless you’re trolling, just saying someone is wrong doesn’t prove your point
Randy (i think that's the lead's name) was also seemingly the only character who didn't want to say it, and knew it was bad, and he made it clear he didn't feel like it was a good idea but in the video it seem's no other character had that restraint.
edit: i have been corrected it is randy, not stan.
@@polybius-jy5rc I think you might be talking about Randy, the adult? Stan is the kid. Good point. I feel for Randy. Although part of that is probably that I was bullied pretty hard as a kid for being socially awkward and kind of weird, so when I see him surrounded by mockery and scorn for one dumb thing he said/did, I barely even hear the N word. Alls I see is a bunch of people caught up in the trending jerkishness. The bit with Stan and Token was pretty funny, as well. "I need you to understand that you'll never understand. Then I'll feel understood." 😂
Not even halfway in and I’m laughing my arse off at this… funniest sit in months thank you!!!
as a european it baffles me how a single word can cause such a big impact and I totally dont get the n word
1) That has nothing to do with you being European. I'm also European and I get that it's really offensive bc it's not that hard to get.
2) The word and (systemic) hate against black people started in Europe and was continued in north America.
3) People (generally) react to the wordthe same way in Europe as they do in the US
as a Canadian, it baffles me too. especially since they've never given a universal definition for it; just that it's offensive for some reason. they say that it translates to negre in French (my first language), which doesn't explain why it's offensive as that's just the French word for Black Male.
so, I'll say right now and don't need a full episode like Stan to say it; I really don't know what all the fuss is about, just that there is a fuss that really causes people, for some unknown reason, to freak out.
and that's why I'm not saying that word, I'll never understand why that word has so much power over blacks in the USA, it just does.
and that's the last time I will start a statement with the phrase "as a..." as if I could or wish to hold representative status for an entire race/nationality/sex/generation/linguistic group...
@@leobe2104 Stop letting a WORD have so much power over you. Nobody gives a damn if someone calls them an idiot or a loser, but that one word is given so much power and control over people's very lives for some dumb reason. Also, what systemic hate against black people exists in North America in the 21st century?
@@alexandremuise8889 It's a curse word directed to black people, which sounds awful up until you remember gringo is never used in good faith and is towards white americans. I smell overcorrection here.
@@andyfriederichsen "idiot" and "loser" are absolutely not the same as a literal slur and you know it. my grandpa who is very much alive and well was born in the 50s experienced it himself... he is only 77 years old. so mr "Andy Friederichsen" you are probably a white dude trying to cope with the fact that you cant say the n word by targeting black people themselves.
The depressing thing about south park is when they say something really important, and nobody listens, and the world refuses to change
Or worst, see it at face value and all the satire goes over their heads.
@@chinsaw2727 yeah that comes up a lot more now. I don't think there's any hope for this generation.
Because who the fuck is South Park lol why would the world change cuz they said something
@@JL_Lux I really don't look forward to youtube showing me every single reply to your bafflingly insipid comment from now on, because that's how the reply system works...
If you think anything important has ever been said on south park youre retarded
It would still not be controversial today for the sole reason the show is still running. Their execution and messaging is flawless and substantive. It isn't purely for shock value, it's to get across well constructed points through the lens of satire.
One of the reasons cancel culture has become so prominent over the past 10 years is because people conflate these forms of media with senseless, hateful expression formulated to produce shock. When you approach media through that lens and assume no refrain needs to be applied, you get bigoted, trite products.
Matt and Trey choose to actually critique society through a fundamentally neutral standpoint that highlights absurdity. Nothing more, nothing less. Uncannily, through this approach, they show more merit and comprehensive ability than those who implement over the top effort to strive for virtue.
Exactly. There's no "They wouldn't get away with it in todays climate" argument. It isn't about getting away with anything. They'd still do it. They will do it.
Honestly the main reason they couldn't do this episode in this specific way today is because the last time we've had an "n-word incident" that most people would have wide enough knowledge... was the Michael Richards incident. Considering how the major target audience for South Park was either very young or not even born when that incident happened, the recency of the joke would be missed.
It's a show that is meant to be as offensive as possible to as many people as possible. If anything, it should use the N-word far more often.
It feels good going back and understanding the episodes I was too little to understand since English isn't my first language
Great analysis and you really hammered home what the message was.
Matt and Trey have a talent of pure comedy. They can take the piss out of anything. Their whole stick is “oh really?” South Park will forever be a cultural monolith.
*shtick not stick
When Southpark harpoons a topic, it stays harpooned
Lol, no, that monolith title will belong to the simpsons.
Y'all blindly praise SP for anything you can't see most of its weak writing and how most take away from what's been made.
@@domhuckleand then that harpoon gets ignored for being another flavor of the week and no one will care yet again.
@@marshallw1902simpsons died over 20 years ago lmao the absolute glazing
You can say what you want about the B Plot, but the fight itself with "Down with the Sickness" in the background was just presented perfectly.
6:03 bro is gonna say the word 42 times ☠☠☠
I always show this episode to people who aren't really familiar with South Park. I love seeing their reactions to the Wheel of Fortune opening
The reaction on my most clean and safe for work friend’s face was priceless
I did the same thing with my girlfriend and the funniest part is she's a Sociology major.
@@StandTallTx does she have blue hair and a nose ring? blink twice if youre being held hostage.
@@TheSuperappelflaphilarious
@@TheSuperappelflap That's a terrible stereotype. You should be asking if she can repeat the phrase "Would you like fries with that?"
I really like plot B mainly for the irony of it. Cartman makes fun of a man with dwarfism not realizing or ignoring fact he himself is obese and also made fun of for it. At the end kids didn't come to see Cartman win the fight they came to see "fat guy fight the midget" and so did the viewer, neither of them really won.
Naw cartman kicked his ass fr he the real winner
words are like bullets which is why you can ignore them
The midget definitely lost harder than cartman though
“I know it, but I don’t think I should say it.”
“But he does say it”
This moment is hilarious 😁 Funny how Stan was confused for a second "I know it but not sure if i should say it" then took his moment and say it with all his power ))
This is similar to how Blazing Saddles is critically acclaimed as well despite heavy use of racial slurs and racist themes. Both this South Park episode and Blazing Saddles use these themes to make a point about the damage that racism causes in a satirical manor.
Blazing Saddles is a classic Mel Brooks film. Its a comedy, the lead is black, playing a cowboy, and the director is a jew.
People loved DiCaprio's performance in Django Unchained too. That movie had 2 black slaves fight to the death for his entertainment.
Not allowing people to use ALL words is authoritarian...
And they do it without censorship, without talking about this "X-word", Xylophone?
I think the issue here is that you should not under any circumstances and regardless of who you are use the word nigger when talking about people of obvious African heritage.
However, not being able to use the word nigger when talking about why it should not be used and just assume that the phrase "n-word" is know to mean nigger, negro, and other words derived from the Spanish word for black (negro) is infantile censorship.
It is like bleeping out curse words, now everyone in the US just use fuck, while the British use a wide variety of more or less creative words.
And look and behold. CZcams asks med to censor my text.
"Help us keep comments respectful" by pretending that certain words does not exist.
@@57thorns I'm mostly careful about using it online even within the context stated where there's a risk of repercussions, but I fully agree with you. Telling people so and so said "the n word" sugar coats it and downplays their racism. It doesn't help make a point. Plus you know what I mean, I know what I mean, why pretend? Except when you don't know what I mean because we're referring to a racial slur meant to be offensive AND a word of comradery amongst African Americans that people seem to think is the same word. And then there's "negro" as you mention which is literally not a racial slur, it's just an antiquated term. (I'm curious if CZcams will give me the same warning for only using that word.) Assuming it's a slur just because it's mostly used by older people is in itself discriminatory. It's all just insane. It's another example of SJW culture making up issues that don't exist that distract from the real issues. (In this case real racism that absolutely exists.)
Great episode, always nice when people can look past the facade and see the message.
I can't help but think that Matt & Trey intentionally use a certain degree of profanity in their episodes, just to fend of the unwanted, intellectually deficient woke PC crowd.
And also to animate their audience to think, by catching onto the subtle innuendos & various subtexts, instead of spoon feeding everything to us, like some shows who pander to a certain demographic would.
At least that's how I feel about it.
Ah yes. The Message. What was it again? Oh, right. You are incapable of true empathy and are inferior because of your ethnicity. Yeah, great message.
Hey bro, great vid, I got one bit of info to share with you. I noticed at the end of the video, right when you stop talking you can hear that you clipped the audio, the best fix for this, is to record a short audio of your room, without any AC or anything running, then placing it next to the end, it'll end up erasing that change in sound
Bloom having a hard time with "Frustrations" got that subscribe hit. lmfao.
Imagine discovering South park on tiktok
That’s why it’s being banned, so people don’t post clips out of context
@@GrayFox_74there are much more sinister reasons it’s actually being banned
Lol explain yourself @@RioRock7
@@RioRock7 Yup! South Park makes people think, and "the powers that be" don't want us poor plebs doing too much of our own thinking!
Relax, Take Deep Breathes,
Put Your Head Between Your Legs
AND KISS YOUR ASS GOODBYE!
“He told my dad he was” still cracks me up 16 years later.
Not editing out the brief lexical retrieval failure was interesting. It's a very relatable experience.
Im a black woman and this is one of my favourite episodes, especially stan’s revelation at the end and him coming to an understanding with Tolkien. Showed this episode to my mum and dad (also both black) for the first time this weekend and they too praised the episode. My dad especially loved it
Your family is based
@@imapirate186yeah, I’m glad they didn’t get all offended at it or victim blame. It’s so easy especially if your a minority to just blame white people, but there is still a lot in your control, you just using that a shield to not do anything.
The fact that they changed his name to Tolkien from Token is gold
@@imapirate186& yours isn’t?
@@lordvader6838 how did you get that implication?
Matt and Tray just genuinely don’t care if they get cancelled. If the show ever actually get cancelled they will probably just make a musical making fun of it.
And yet they're too pussy to end the series of their own violation of their own choices in which we have to deal with more half as$ed efforts such as this.
They'll make a play, but that play will be overshadowed by better ones.
I had heard from somewhere that, at some point, it became their goal to get canceled. They really want to find that line 😂
@@Josurr_Madhawk Matt and Tray trying to get cancelled reminds me of Robert Crumb trying to get arrested for pornography in the 1960's. It just never happened no matter what he put in his cartoons.
I understood the episode when I watched it, but your breakdown of it just hammered it home to me how smart this episode was and how perfect all the parallels were between Randy's situation and black people in America
As someone who developed English as his third language the concept of being able to call a white person white one, yet unable to describe a black dude as black was wild.
I’ve been in any heated arguments with, and you guessed it, white women about it.
In my home country you’ll be referred to as whatever you most common trait is, most of the time if you’ve never developed a nickname. A new student who came from Cuba quickly became our black guy, until we came up with ninja as his nickname…because he would hide in the shadows, get it?
Furthermore, I can freely use whichever words I want in Spanish and German, yet if I ever use the one word in English I suddenly become inherently evil, which I find outlandish
I'd pay to see the recording sessions for this episode.
Sounds like fun on a bun.
@@crystalgemgirl731 found bender
@@weathermansam2 Just a Futurama fan, I couldn't help it.
South park is a crude And rude show that Has made fun of every single race out there. It follows around 4 little delinquents From 3rd grade to 4th grade. It's a Prime example of an extremely satire show Has been canceled many times on twitter. And I have to say... I still love it
can't cancel something which has an audience❤
The ungroundable.
@@npcimknot958”cancelling” is nothing new. It was conservatives favourite weapon up until the late 2000s when it turned on them. Pathetic.
as a man who was bullied all his life over something he has no control over (just like blacks don't control the color of their skin) i totally get it. what i learned was the importance of not letting it affect you. not allowing people who don't know you to judge you. they can say anything they want, they don't know your individual unique story, they dont know you, they're unable to judge. therefor their words have no power. and if some policy maker generalizes something you take it to court.
Wait, the one black kid, as far as I know, in SP is literally named Token? God damn. lmfao
No it’s Tolkien
originally that's how it was spelled... there's one episode where they were in a band and he signed it like that. then they changed the spelling in the Lord of the Rings episode as a tribute to JRR Tolkien.
@@alexandremuise8889 nah it’s always been Tolkien you’re just racist
@@Grants_jams its was reveal in a episode in 2022 you just stupid
3:25 The black camera man looking at the wheeel of fortune will forever be my favorite joke in the episode
me too, it hints that he was also guessing the missing letter was an I and not an A. I'm betting the majority of viewers made the same wrong guess, myself included. Which only added to the comedy as it forced me to laugh at myself and how lucky I was to NOT BE RANDY in that moment.
Gonna be honest, that Twitter hot take was the exact opposite of the reality:
South Park made it cool to ACTUALLY CARE. They bring up big issues and paint it in stand-alone offensive imagery that overall encompasses a critical plot point relating to society.
It's the cleverest social commentary show in TV history.
Yep, as Bloons deconstructed how wrong that claim was in his video a few months ago.
South Park is not a fence sitting apathetic show often at all, they have only ever done such a few times from my knowledge like the really bad episode where Big Gay Al said people were within their right to fire him from bias against him if chosen.(Yeah, that episode sucked frankly)
The vast majority of the time they have a pretty passionate stance from one side or another, they mock all sides but they care deeply about most things they say. They don't sit in limbo apathetic.
They usually care far more about the things they talk about more than the vast majority of media that covers those spesific topics.
I can't name any other show that cares as freaquntly about the matters it adresses as South Park.
@@_-Lx-_ I can actually name a few shows that DO make it cool to not care.
…and yeah. South Park ain’t it at all…
(And plain stupid ones like that one with domestic Hitler)
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"It was a different time" may not be the whole story, but by virtue of the fact that the episode came out in 2007, yeah, it was a different enough time that there weren't social media sites ready to explode with people aggressively and proudly not getting the point and not caring about context.
The black camera operator peeking around makes this just so much more hilarious xD
This the thing I love about Matt and Trey. They are smart and use this show to get a message across through comedy, they wouldn’t go throwing a word around like this for basic comedy. This is why people arent mad because its a message, a very engaging way to get it through. I also love how they victimised a white guy in the episode, such a smart way to showcase the double standards as well as putting white peopl in the shoes of African American people
Huh?
At the same time, I think part of the reason people didn't get as mad might have been because they had already put off the haters who would have had outrage over it from watching the show long before it was cool to have a temper tantrum over these things.
To give another example of what "these things" are, the situation brings to mind, the people who got mad at Chevy Chase. He didn't like how his character in Community was becoming more racist rather than growing with the rest of the cast, and when debating his lines when speaking to people of color, he said something along the lines of "well I might as well slap them on my lap and call them both N...s". Word got out that he said this, and people online started spreading the word that Chase was nearly as racist as his character on the show and should be removed.
Even using the word to try and defend people of color isn't enough, but I suppose South Park could have done something else that puts naysayers like that at ease. However, when it comes to the people at this extreme, their reasons for reacting were never rational, so why should we assume they have enough reason to stick with their own logic? If a person says that Chevy Chase should be banished from the U.S. for saying the N-word, failing to understand that a person can say the N-word without hating all blacks, then why should we assume that they can understand why they think Chase should be banished? A lot of these people were probably only getting mad at Chevy because other people were getting mad.
Of course, Chevy Chase was just one example I'm sure there are many other cases of people acting irrationally from hearing the word. And many more cases of people speaking the word and being rightfully upset about it. And despite presumably being utterly dead throughout my childhood, it's clear that even today there are many actual racists. That being said unless they are actual racists there's no need to be outraged. Tell someone off if they make an insensitive joke, ridicule them, but don't go saying they are a horrible person who needs to lose their job and never show their face again. Grow up, forgive, and forget.
Cartmans laugh in this episode is so infectious, I start laughing with him every time
Short jokes always make me laugh. my favorite is "how's it feel to be the last guy to know its raining?"
@@deathninja16 i've never heard that one, that's funny as hell
Choosing to let a word have that much power over you is a you problem, not a society problem.
The way you ended the video *muah* perfection 👌🏾
South Park is the greatest comedy show of all time. It's not even close in my opinion. Their ability to create endless hilarious moments through meta and/or subliminal social commentary is such genius.
Right? I hope it goes on as long as Trey and Matt live. It'll always be relevant.
Its been between South Park and It’s Always Sunny to me
The cameraman slowly peeking out from the camera is one of my favourite South Park gags of all time.
I remember pieces of dialog from that episode
*and I'm CRYING OF LAUGHTER*
They can't be cancelled... they just... can't lmao
South Park is hilarious and genius at the same time. Only the fun police would say otherwise
Being a "N-Word" myself, I think South Park did a fantastic job discussing how the term is used by members of both races. One common instance of it is the humiliation Randy endured. Additionally, I think South Park was making fun of both those who go by the notorious "N-Word" and others who use it to justify excluding other individuals. This is another reason why a lot of people like South Park: although it may appear corny and/or obnoxious at first, if you give it a chance, they genuinely offer some insightful commentary.
And this is a totally normal, respectful and not at all tone deaf or racist comment section. Jesus Christ
Ikr?
yeah everyone missed the point of the episode and blooms video
@@tracark2255 it’s a shame cause Blooms has some of the one of the most thoughtful critiques on South Park and he really puts a lot of care into his analysis
So many comments twisting the episodes message into: “This is what happens when you get canceled for saying a slur, so we shouldn’t cancel people who say the n word” Like the episode couldn’t be more on the nose then it already is and people still miss the message by a mile
When the camera cut to Sharon holding her head on the drive home, I burst out laughing😅they can do no wrong
Great reporting Mr Blooms!! Love your South Park vids!! New sub here
my sleep white noise is south park episodes, i just let them play all night and when i wake up i keep them playing while i get ready for work. This one was starting this morning when i was doing my make up so it’s so strange that you just released this a couple hours later. It’s a good ep, great idiotic Randy antics and Stan’s lesson at the end is important for people to hear so blatantly spelled out.
Bojack?
i do the exact same thing omfg 😭 south park to go to sleep and wherever it ends up in the morning i watch while getting ready
Bro I do this exact same thing with south park lol
That's what I fucking love about south park. It can use racist humor, sexist humor, homophobic homor, etc (the list goes on pretty much indefinitely) without its messages actually being controversial. Like, whenever I watch a South Park episode, I look for the ways it could be properly attacked and I never *quite* find it. Like, you can tell it dances on the line. Like, it fucking tangos, mambos, discos, congo lines, waltzes, every sort of dance on the line, but it never *quite* crosses it
Amazing work, as always.
3:00 short answer: context! You can not make a point you're trying to make without using THE point! As another example, if you want to depict some racist villain, he can not be a polite person! He has to use slurs and do "villainous" stuff!
I still adore the resolution for Tolkien and Stan. That sometimes the answer is "you wont understand". And that's fine. It isnt about relating. It's about listening
I think that notion and takeaway is actually both wrong and dangerous.
Firstly - doesn't this video present how the major plot line in this South Park episode, and what made it get so much positive attention, is about Randy's experience getting called a slur and how it mirrors black people? If the story of the episode and the satire comes from Randy suddenly getting to feel how black people feel, the moral can't be that it is impossible to understand or relate. In fact, the episode tries to accomplish the opposite - to make people relate. That is what those interviews liked about it.
Moreover, we can't accept that some people can have an opinion on something and some can't, especially based on physical characteristics. That is just the same thinking as why women (and black people) didn't got to vote - that they didn't have any experience and thus no insight into politics or ruling a nation, so their input was worthless. Both lines of thinking complete nonsense, except that it makes sense to approach someone else with humility.
Agreed,
Also, I see you're using the correct spelling of his name that it has always been typed as, LOL.
That was another great episode/scene of a similar concept. And a hysterical retcon.
Its about trying not to fake empathy or pity, that is condescending and pisses people off
@@theWebWizrd I mean, giving women the right to vote was a pretty bad idea, we can see that now.
And I do think its okay to say that I, being white, dont know how it feels for a black person to be called the hard R word and so I should probably stfu about it. That doesnt mean I cant have an opinion. Just that I shouldnt shout it from the rooftops and if the topic comes up let other people speak first and then maybe say something if they ask me. Thats just being polite.
Just like, if something comes up about lets say, bullying in school, or autism, I feel like other people should be polite and let the autistic people that got bullied in school talk first and then maybe give their normie opinions if they are asked.
And yes the point was to make people relate. Randy at the end of the episode understands how black people feel when someone uses that word because he has experienced it. But Stan hasnt experienced that. So he doesnt get it.
@@_-Lx-_ What are you talking about? He was always called Tolkien. Did you really think his name was Token? People like you are part of the problem.
“Bro how is this not canceled 💀 💀”
-Average TikTok Kid
you having a complex over the word "frustrations" had me dying.
I know it seems a bit obvious and trite now, but as an edgy teenager, Tolkein and Stan's revelation at the end legitimately changed my entire opinion on the topic. It was really powerful to me
Can definitely see why good writing could make a gigantic difference in how episodes like this are received.
The sad Thing is, today there are People who don't get the Message and act if the real racists are the ones hating the poor racists
My issue with these bad words is when the people who they are aimed at react with violence. No word being said makes violence a reasonable reaction and it only increases the issues between us humans and it also gives the radical political parties more power and voters which they don't deserve.
7:20 For me, it’s like Bart owning a factory in “Homer’s Enemy” - just as you’re wondering what the sand hill it has to do with the A-plot, suddenly they’re tied together pretty poignantly in a few lines of dialogue.
I like how the censor algorithm blocked the thumbnail, thus emphasizing the irony explored in the episode.
yes
Weird, not censored for me
@@YeaaIJusShiddedOnEmyou see the I?
@@IAmTheRealHimNo, because it was never there to begin with. That's part of the joke.
Got em
good story, mate, but I wanted to highlight how good is your background music choice is. I love synthwave so much!
The reason South Park is so successful is because they explore how insane our society is and making it clear using the innocence of children and common sense to make the adults look like fools. It is freaking brilliant… every time. I’m so glad South Park exists.
As a black person I find this hilarious. Its really about context.
11:37 I think you completely missed the mark here. The point was that someone who says Nigga (no hard r) with a group of friends the same way youd use the word bro, is the same as a person who shouts at a black person hatefully calling them a nigger bc theyre a literal racist. It doesnt matter in the eyes of the hate mob around that word. And the banning the word Nigger Guy near the end, I think you are right but you also failed to mention that its a double edge sword and wanted to show how stupid the idea of banning a word is which is basically the point of this entire episode is showing how dumb getting so mad at someone using a word is, no matter the context.
The boondocks did an episode about the nigga thing. It was pretty good.
no i think you missed the mark badly, this episode was absolutely not about simply getting mad at a word, and if thats what you got from it, i think you need to take a lesson from stan in realizing, you dont get it.
Dude you hit a hard R on CZcams comments. Respect.
As a minority, I’ve never experienced this! But as I minority living in a white community. I feel bad for the white community.