South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut

Very funny. And it's got balls too.

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Written: July '99
Being a cable holdout, I didn't see my first South Park episode until after it became a merchandising phenomenom. Sit down and watch the eps and I found them to be fairly funny. Some eps had me in stitches, others were at least amusing, which is more than I can say for 98% of the sitcoms on TV nowadays.

Parker and Stone also created Orgazmo , the "comedy" about the Mormon porno star which was so jaw-droppingly witless that I'm surprised the South Parkers weren't banned from Hollywood for life because of that travesty.

Thankfully that was not the case since we now have South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut, the movie version where you get to pay to hear the tykes without them being bleeped out.

And it's like this: it's worth it. Not only is the movie filled with funny lines that will have you busting a gut, but the flick has a very sharp satirical edge. SP:BLU skewers American intolerance, special interest fascism, lack of personal responsibility, the hypocrisy of the MPAA (which I'm sure had a field day trying to rate this movie), Clinton's Nazi-like V-chip, and oh, let's not forget Saddam Hussein and his gay buddy, Satan. All that and the movie is a musical to boot.

The movie has the culprits, Kyle, Stan, Kenny, and Cartman seeing the R-rated "Terrence and Phillip Movie" which stars the boys' favorite farting Canadien comediens. Hearing the Canucks swearing up a blue streak puts the kids into emulation mode, which upsets the parents to no end. Course do the parents want to face up to their responsibility of raising their children right? Of course not. This is America in the 90s--dedicated to the proposition that all problems have an easy scapegoat to place the blame rather than facing the crux of the matter. And who is the scapegoat? Why, the deviant Canadians, that's who. So thanks to the wonders of special interest fascism , a topic near and dear to my heart, the parents convince the spineless Washington politicians to declare war on Canada. Meanwhile, Cartman gets the V-chip planted in his skull so he receives A Clockwork Orange-like shocks when he swears. Double meanwhile, the boys have to free Terrence and Phillip, so the bloodthirsty cracker redneck parents won't be able to have them executed. All sorts of wackiness ensues.

Considering how many movies nowadays are LDC (lowest common denominator) crap that wouldn't dare taking anything approaching a stand for fear of offending whatever special interest group, South Park is refreshing. It skewers those who deserve it and does it well to boot.

Various Nazis who "know" what's good for us I'm sure will piss and moan about this movie till the cows come home. After all, all the swearing and kids sneaking to into this movie means the downfall of civilization according to their warped sensibilities. Well, I would like to think this is still America. Where one may not like what another has to say, but will defend the right for him to say it.

As mentioned, the movie is a musical. The characters break into song and dance at the drop of a hat (or Mr. Hat). Satan's silouquey is downright touching. Terrence and Phillip's song and dance number as they fart up a storm gets buku laughs.

So if you appreciate South Park humor, you'll have a great time. If you're a cracker fascist, your head will explode. So hey, you go too.

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