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■ DVD review
Who killed Kenny? South Park
defines a generation with its jokes
DVD release includes
episodes about sex
education and religion
BY RYAN NYBURG
PULSE EDITOR
It occasionally strikes me as odd
that in 10 or 15 years a show about foul
mouthed fourth graders will be consid
ered one of the satirical hallmarks of
my generation. The 1950s and '60s had
the urbane wit and sophistication of
Mad Magazine and Zap Comics; the
1970s and '80s had Saturday Night Live
and the rise of stand-up comedy; and
the early 1990s had Dan Quayle.
But now SNL and Mad blow
chunks, stand-up is where good jokes
and stereotypes go to die and we
have The Onion, "The Daily Show"
and the increasingly brilliant "South
Park," which is headed into its ninth
season and has just released its fifth
season on DVD. As a madhouse amal
gamation of blatantly obscure pop
culture references, libertarian ideolo
gy, toilet humor and vicious social
satire, "South Park" has been running
strong since it first appeared in 1997.
The fifth season shows the series
coming into the top of its powers, slow
ly becoming aware of itself and making
television history a couple more times.
The DVD set starts off in fine form with
“It Hits The Fan," which mocks net
work television's attempts to gain cred
ibility through swearwords by repeat
ing the word "shit" 162 unbleeped
times in less than half an hour.
Other targets include the Boy
Scouts and their detractors ("Cripple
Fight"), sex education ("Proper Con
dom Use") and religion ("Super Best
Friends"). Among these are some of
the best episodes creators Matt
Stone and Trey Parker have yet devel
oped, such as "Here Comes the
Neighborhood," in which South Park
is taken over by uber-wealthy celebri
ties such as Will Smith, Bill Cosby and
Snoop Dogg (that all of the rich peo
ple are also black is not mentioned
until the episode's killer punch line).
The set also includes the first ani
mated response to the Sept. 11 attacks,
Courtesy
The complete fifth season of the funny and controversial series
"South Park" became available on DVD on Feb. 22.
"Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants,"
which aired Nov. 7,2001. The episode
was daring atthe time fortackling
the subject matter, though overall the
job feels rushed and unfocused. It's
actually one of the weakest episodes
of the season, although it does have
its moments.
Occasionally the showmanagesto
come up with the perfect satirical jab,
an image that perfectly taps into the
Zeitgeist. The episode "The Entity"
comes up with one of these, as
teacher Mr. Garrison gets mad at air
line companies and comes up with a
competing form of transportation. The
catch isthatthe device requires the
user be penetrated both orally and
rectally by long metal tubes. "Better
than airline travel" is the common re
sponse of the populace.
A couple of episodes cross the
line from edgy satire to the truly
comically disturbing, such as "Scott
Tenorman Must Die" and "Butters'
Very Own Episode." The first con
tains one of the most astounding,
gap-mouthed conclusions in the en
tire series, which gets its laughs
from the simply outrageous extent to
which the premise is taken. The lat
ter is a perfect example of the come
dy of contrasts, as the stuttering title
character's wholesome outlook is
placed alongsidethe depraved ac
tions of his parents.
Now that much of the initial contro
versy concerning the show has slipped
away, it is easy to see "South Park" for
what it is: clever, hard-hitting satire for
adults. "South Park" has come to spe
cialize in a difficult form of comedy, one
that finds boundaries and crosses
them consistently, making you laugh
both atthe show and at yourself for
ever being shocked.
ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com
IN BRIEF
Dance department to host
two Dead Week shows
The Department of Dance will pres
ent two free, informal showings in its
Dance Quarterly concert March 9 and
10 for University students and staff and
the Eugene community.
On March 9 at7p.m., Dance Quar
terly will feature works from the de
partment's dance improvisation and
second-level dance composition
classes, projects created by students
in the department and a short piece
from Traduza, a small dance company
from Roseburg. Assistant dance pro
fessor Walter Kennedy said Dance
Quarterly presents different styles
every term, but the upcoming show will
be mostly modern, with a blend of mod
ern and contemporary Brazilian dance
from Traduza.
The department always holds
Dance Quarterly on Wednesday of
Dead Week, and normally includes
performances from composition and
repertory classes, works in progress
from students and pieces from dancers
in the community.
"It's an informal showing and
sharing of things that relate to dance
performance that come from perform
ance-based classes," Kennedy said.
On March 10 at 5:30 p.m., the tradi
tional Open Showing, held every term
on Thursday of Dead Week, will feature
pieces that students learned from each
wintertechnique class.
"It's such a fun thing; everyone's
friends come and hoot and hollerfor
them," Kennedy said.
Dancers in both showings will per
form without costumes or lighting. The
shows will take place at the Dougherty
Dance Theatre in the Gerlinger Annex.
— Natasha Chilingerian