Thread 150284720

Was it a good idea to represent Charlie Manson in an optimistic light?

>>150284720 (OP)
Not if you get your morals from South Park and/or take what the show does seriously, in which case you might be a huge fucking idiot.
Also this is one of my favorite episodes but since it’s season 2 I guess everybody probably hates it except for me, for some reason.

I had no idea the kids went on a space adventure episode. I didn't pay much attention to season 3. Let's see how it compares to Futurama.

https://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/ziuoor/south-park-starvin-marvin-in-space-season-3-ep-13

>>150284720 (OP)
I miss the days when South Park did stupid surreal shit like this.

>>150284803
I love it because it's a pre-Scott Tenorman episode that's heavy on Cartman, plus the song that Charlie Manson sings in his moment of self-realization is legitimately heartfelt. Even South Park could be sweet when it wanted to be.
Not just specific to this episode, but little details like Cartman's overly loud singing during the credits (like a kid hamming it up at a school Christmas program) are the sort of thing they will NEVER have in the new episodes because they are incapable of writing that well anymore.

he's dead now anyway

>>150284720 (OP)
This was back when South Park's humor was based on absurdity rather than political hot takes. I don't think Matt and Trey were pushing Charlie Manson as a secret good guy, the idea is that it's a heartwarming christmas episode but Charlie Manson is right there, and he keeps asking Kenny to come off to the side with him(back when Kenny was killed all the time)

It's a deliberate spoof and twisted on expectations.

>>150288469
I wish they did anti-morals more, but oh well...

>>150284720 (OP)
I love this episode. Elvin is easily one of my favorite one-off characters from the whole show.

>>150287280
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think I like pre Tenorman Cartman more. Felt like his character was a lot more fun and flexible, and can even be heroic sometimes. Past a certain point, his character was only there to be "le reddit evil and scheming."
>>150288837
Yeah it's shame that they did away with the anti morals. Rainforest Schmainforest was a good antimoral episode. If that came out today, they'd unironically try to convey a serious message about rainforests to the audience instead of just parodying sugary snot climate change activism.