Trey Parker and Matt Stone are the producers of the well-known Comedy Central show "South Park", which first aired in 1997 and is the most popular show on Comedy Central ever since. The show is quite successful, given that it is one of the highest rated shows on Comedy Central for 18 seasons and will continue to air until at least 2016.
One of the main characters, Kyle, is inspired by the co-creator Matt Stone. Kyle has an auburn Jewfro resembling Stone’s, which Kyle prefers to hide. Stone grew up in a Christian-dominated environment and felt isolated as a Jew during his childhood, so does Kyle. Kyle’s parents were given the names of Sheila and Gerald, the names of Stone’s parents, and Kyle shares the same birthday with Stone (May 26). However, …show more content…
Kyle’s endurance reinforces the difficulties that a young boy has to face because he’s a minority, mainly desolation and intolerance towards his identity. We mocked many religions and their fanaticism in South Park to state that religion doesn’t give you the right of condescending others and people should just focus on the cardinal virtues instead, such as trying to be a decent person. We have no means of promoting any religion or ethnicity. Neither I nor Trey has any affiliation with religion. The allusion to Hitler by the imitation of Cartman and Mel Gibson’s obsession with torture served to emphasize the consequences of zealotry. As Stan states in the episode, “No, dude, if you wanna be Christian, that's cool, but, you should follow what Jesus taught instead of how he got killed. Focusing on how he got killed is what people did in the Dark Ages and it ends up with really bad …show more content…
I am an atheist, and I was agnostic during my childhood. But it was still hard to be in the only Jew growing up in a predominantly Christian community. In some episodes, such as the ones featuring Christmas, this theme is touched upon. But mostly, Kyle and Cartman’s conflict bring up this theme to the surface. Cartman’s constant mocking of Kyle and their endless rivalry is not only used just to criticize Anti-Semitisim, but also to bring up the topic. Exploring this topic adds authenticity to the show and even though we are recklessly offending every possible race, religion, social class, ethnicity, celebrity, sexual orientation etc. in our show, my resemblance with Kyle and the mistreatment he gets from Cartman unveil the poignancy of our show. In this particular episode, Kyle was once again bullied by Cartman, afterwards his desperate mimics while watching The Passion of the Christ, and the remorse he feels later on makes the audience sympathize with him. It also conveys the Jewish habit of constantly questioning oneself, adding realism to his character considering the culture he represents. To sum up, he was created based on me, but his efforts of trying to belong in a non-Jew community and defying the bigotry and his loneliness, generalizes the struggle of a young Jew versus the
One of the main characters, Kyle, is inspired by the co-creator Matt Stone. Kyle has an auburn Jewfro resembling Stone’s, which Kyle prefers to hide. Stone grew up in a Christian-dominated environment and felt isolated as a Jew during his childhood, so does Kyle. Kyle’s parents were given the names of Sheila and Gerald, the names of Stone’s parents, and Kyle shares the same birthday with Stone (May 26). However, …show more content…
Kyle’s endurance reinforces the difficulties that a young boy has to face because he’s a minority, mainly desolation and intolerance towards his identity. We mocked many religions and their fanaticism in South Park to state that religion doesn’t give you the right of condescending others and people should just focus on the cardinal virtues instead, such as trying to be a decent person. We have no means of promoting any religion or ethnicity. Neither I nor Trey has any affiliation with religion. The allusion to Hitler by the imitation of Cartman and Mel Gibson’s obsession with torture served to emphasize the consequences of zealotry. As Stan states in the episode, “No, dude, if you wanna be Christian, that's cool, but, you should follow what Jesus taught instead of how he got killed. Focusing on how he got killed is what people did in the Dark Ages and it ends up with really bad …show more content…
I am an atheist, and I was agnostic during my childhood. But it was still hard to be in the only Jew growing up in a predominantly Christian community. In some episodes, such as the ones featuring Christmas, this theme is touched upon. But mostly, Kyle and Cartman’s conflict bring up this theme to the surface. Cartman’s constant mocking of Kyle and their endless rivalry is not only used just to criticize Anti-Semitisim, but also to bring up the topic. Exploring this topic adds authenticity to the show and even though we are recklessly offending every possible race, religion, social class, ethnicity, celebrity, sexual orientation etc. in our show, my resemblance with Kyle and the mistreatment he gets from Cartman unveil the poignancy of our show. In this particular episode, Kyle was once again bullied by Cartman, afterwards his desperate mimics while watching The Passion of the Christ, and the remorse he feels later on makes the audience sympathize with him. It also conveys the Jewish habit of constantly questioning oneself, adding realism to his character considering the culture he represents. To sum up, he was created based on me, but his efforts of trying to belong in a non-Jew community and defying the bigotry and his loneliness, generalizes the struggle of a young Jew versus the