I had no idea what to expect when I saw the title, but I knew I had to check it out. Thankfully, it has all of the series staples like the smart satires and the good writing. It could be risky to air something like this right after 9/11, but the series is known for going into risky subjects. It's pretty par for the course of South Park. Also it's funny as they usually are
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Excellent!
gangstahippie4 December 2008
Warning: Spoilers
This episode came out right after the 9/11 attacks.This was the first fictional TV show to speak of the subject.I find that this episode is somewhat of a spoof/homage to the 1940's World War II propaganda films starring cartoon characters such as bugs bunny or mickey mouse.The episode has everybody being afraid for their lives after the 9/11 attacks.All the kids where gas masks to protect them from anthrax and some like Stan's mother are glued to the television watching CNN.The boys are asked to give in $1 to the afghan children(who are afghan counterparts of themselves), and in return they receive a goat.The boys cannot keep the goat so they try to return it to Afghanistan, but end up getting caught on the plane and going there themselves.They go return the goat only to find the afghan kids dislike them as well.They then get kidnapped by Taliban members and visit a screwball version of Osama.The military finds bin laden's base and ends up having a big fight with the taliban, the afghan boys help the south park kids escape, however Cartman decides to mess around with Bin Laden in some very funny looney tunes-esquire scenes.Osama Bin Laden has Farty Pants is a very interesting and funny episode! It also took a lot of guts to make this right after 9/11
A well deserved mockery
trolliyama20 November 2023
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"He's not crazy he's an idiot."
South Park got that 100 % right.
You know, I must confess I used to be somewhat indifferent towards this episode back then.
I even considered a bit "chauvinistic" during my teen years, mostly because of the ending. But you know what? All the mockery Osama Bin Laden got in this episode via Cartman was 100% well deserved, and one of the most memorable scenes from the series.
In the past days, after Bin Laden pathetic letter has been made public, some zoomers on TikTok are now trying to lionize him, claiming he had a point and similar nonsense.
In reality, that stupid letter was your typical sanctimonous fundie ramblings, filled with not-so-subtle threats between lines (Rule of thumb: Any letter that starts quoting any religious text is probably not worth-reading) But it seems open anti-Americanism is what it takes to make people embrace with open arms theocratic fascism nonsense, showing how easily manipulable modern youth has become.
There is nothing "noble" or "admirable" about killing in the name of religion (any religion). The idea of being willing to sacrifice ourselves (or other people) in the name of a "bigger cause" reeks fascism, and has brought violence and death of innocents in the past.
Sadly, as history often teaches us, people tend to forget the past very easily, and repeat many terrible mistakes without learning anything.
Humans need to believe in anything, and need to believe in bigger things than ourselves, because we all know deep inside our existence is limited, and we find solace in the idea our lives (and eventual death) had any meaning. I can understand that.
But if there is a hell, I hope Bin Laden burns there for the rest of the eternity, as the miserable piece of garbage he was.
You know, I must confess I used to be somewhat indifferent towards this episode back then.
I even considered a bit "chauvinistic" during my teen years, mostly because of the ending. But you know what? All the mockery Osama Bin Laden got in this episode via Cartman was 100% well deserved, and one of the most memorable scenes from the series.
In the past days, after Bin Laden pathetic letter has been made public, some zoomers on TikTok are now trying to lionize him, claiming he had a point and similar nonsense.
In reality, that stupid letter was your typical sanctimonous fundie ramblings, filled with not-so-subtle threats between lines (Rule of thumb: Any letter that starts quoting any religious text is probably not worth-reading) But it seems open anti-Americanism is what it takes to make people embrace with open arms theocratic fascism nonsense, showing how easily manipulable modern youth has become.
There is nothing "noble" or "admirable" about killing in the name of religion (any religion). The idea of being willing to sacrifice ourselves (or other people) in the name of a "bigger cause" reeks fascism, and has brought violence and death of innocents in the past.
Sadly, as history often teaches us, people tend to forget the past very easily, and repeat many terrible mistakes without learning anything.
Humans need to believe in anything, and need to believe in bigger things than ourselves, because we all know deep inside our existence is limited, and we find solace in the idea our lives (and eventual death) had any meaning. I can understand that.
But if there is a hell, I hope Bin Laden burns there for the rest of the eternity, as the miserable piece of garbage he was.
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