Actually there isn’t that much cursing, it is largely things that Shamozzle mentioned. Also the occasional bestiality, what Cartman sees when he closes his eyes, the Scott Tettebaum cannibal revenge show, etc.
Jim
I’ve always said that if a kid is too young to watch a show with dirty jokes she won’t get the jokes, and if she does get them she’s old enough to watch. But there’s been just a tad too much genuine violence and over-the-top sexual explicitness on South Park these days. Would not let the young 'uns watch. It is surprising how many parents still seem to think cartoon = for kids, despite all examples to the contrary.
My grandson, who is now 7, will ask me to stop on “South Park” while I’m flipping around, but mostly because he’ll watch just about anything that’s animated. I tell him no and continue flipping until I can find something more appropriate, and he doesn’t seem to have a problem with it.
We ran into the same problem with “My Name Is Earl”. He liked to watch it but it got to the point where we’d have to turn it off (or not watch it in the first place) because of all the language and other questionable content. I like “Earl” but how in the hell a show like that can be broadcast at 7pm is beyond me.
I have reached the same point on Earl, the show has gotten raunchier as it goes on. It actually seems inappropriate for 8pm now.
Jim
In the last episode of SP I saw, the boys were in Imaginationland, which had been taken over by villains, who were debating the best way to torture one of their captives. Having already couged out one of the captive’s eyes, they settled on making her eat it and then pissing her the empty socket.
So no, I wouldn’t let my 9-year-old nephew watch it.
I just noticed that they’ve localised alot of the dialogue referring to other shows on TG4 and the like.
Whoa… as an infantile Doper, I can’t help but wonder what that sounds like. Any chance there is a small (legal?) video or sound clip out there?
As for kids, on the other hand, I kind of hope my kids would actually get South Park humor. That is, aside from the low brow humor, there is a lot of sophisticated, sardonic, satirical, and well, yes sophmoric humor, but I daresay it’s better than most drivel on screen.
Of course, I have no kids, so take my opinion for what it’s worth.
Yeah. I mean, it’s funny when Cartman calls Kyle a “stupid Jew” because he’s a racist moron (and even funnier when he tries to apologize for it in the movie–"Kyle, I’m sorry I called you a stupid Jew…you…you’re not Jewish). But I’d be afraid that a younger kid might just go around calling his friends “stupid Jew” because he saw Cartman doing it. Which would make for some interesting parent teacher conferences…
I always point out to my 8-year-old that Cartman is a jerk and a dummy and that we’re laughing at how stupid he is. She gets it that Kyle and Stan are the “good guys” and that Cartman is a “butthead.”
I can’t stand South Park because of the annoying falsetto voices.
They were so off-putting that I never saw enough to realize it was all fart jokes.
For me 14 would be the cut off. Younger than that and you’re just asking for a disrespectful attitude.
Sarcasm? Whoosh?
It’s not. Really.
There is something called the “middle ground”, you know. Perhaps you’ve heard of it.
No way. My 12 year old might be ok with it fairly soon, but my eight year old would either not get it (and I’d have to explain it to him) or start coming out with some of the lines at school.
Just because something’s animated doesn’t mean it’s for kids.