# Is the "South Park" movie art or trash?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 25, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-south-park-movie-art-or-trash/18022 "2000-03-25T05:35:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-south-park-movie-art-or-trash/18022/61 "2000-04-06T06:54:00Z")

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There has been a lot of ‘art’ that has used vulgarity to make a point. Serrano’s ‘Piss Christ’ comes immediately to mind. In fact, it’s common enough that I’d say it’s a established artistic theme.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-south-park-movie-art-or-trash/18022/62 "2000-04-06T13:03:00Z")

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Has anybody said, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” yet? No? Okay, I’ll say it.

_ **Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.** _

## There. 🙂

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen

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**Author:** ![BigPoppa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@BigPoppa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigPoppa)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-south-park-movie-art-or-trash/18022/63 "2000-04-19T21:50:00Z")

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Definition of art: Something that helps me live.  
SPBLU? Art.  
Because I said so.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-south-park-movie-art-or-trash/18022/64 "2000-04-19T23:00:00Z")

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So then, by your definition, food, water, and oxygen are art too?

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**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-south-park-movie-art-or-trash/18022/65 "2000-04-21T02:36:00Z")

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My cases for South Park:BL&U = Art…

[ul][li]The whole Terrance & Philip spoofing South Park spoofing itself thing was masterful.[/li][li]The reprise of “Kyle’s Mom is a Bitch,” complete with three-part harmonies and the added ‘international’ verse, deserved the Oscar nod.[/li][li]Tons of social commentary: Kids & the Internet, censorship, the state of parenting in America, etc.[/li][li]The ability to get a movie that depicts Saddam Hussein taunting Satan with a dildo past the MPAA with an “R” rating intact is an art form in and of itself.[/ul][/li]  
I hope Parker & Stone make more movies. That is, I hope they make more South Park movies and no more live action pics like “Baseketball.”

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“Hand me my wallet…It’s the one that says ‘Bad Motherf\*\*ker’ on it.”

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