What contributions has South Park made to the development
What contributions has 'South Park' made to the development of the comedy cartoon genre from 'The Simpsons' to 'Family Guy'? Adults and cartoons, are more closely related than you think, as a lot of adults watch cartoons just for the fun of it, anything from 'Roadrunner' to modern day classics such as 'The Simpsons', but what of those that aim themselves squarely at the adult audience? These are few and far between, probably because of the controversy they can cause. Cartoons are categorised as the domain of children and if the target audience isn't children then they still attract children, as they are cartoons. So adult cartoons are claimed to be aimed at children, even when they aren't. 'South Park' revels in this sort of controversy. 'South Park' being a comedy cartoon that has been around since 1999. It has taken on a similar role to that of the well known 'The Simpsons', in the way that its part of the same genre except its not aimed at kids, though in the case of 'The Simpsons' it is aimed at kids but also the family and the older audience. This is claimed to be the reason of success for The Simpsons, that it's aimed at everyone old and
Pushing the boundaries of bad taste and what you're allowed to say on television. Even the Iraq war and many jokes relating close reference to this, Saddam often making an appearance, even Bin laden was in one episode. Sit-coms like this portrayed a dream world. Issues that previously had not been made fun of especially in cartoons. In the end there is a moral story and everyone goes back to being religious again. My research will explore whether 'South Park' has developed the genre and if so in what ways? In doing this I will have to study The Simpsons, the original American cartoon comedy which started running in the early 1990s. The target audience has mainly been children in previous comedy cartoons, then 'The Simpsons' was aimed at the family and everyone, then 'South Parks' target audience was adults only. This sort of episode is always gong to be controversial to certain religious sectors as some see it as a negative representation of their religion or society so claim could have devastating effects if children get to see it. So changing the target audience to be only adults could be said to be a development. 'The Simpsons' still has new episodes getting made as has been running for so long that it is so influential in the cartoon comedy genre, as was leading the market for this genre for so long. The shows makers and producers are aware of these representations and use of stereotypes and this is clearly shown in one episode with a joke on stereotypes. With representations come stereotypes and controversy on fair representation. Though they tend to have moral stories in the ending, many episodes don't and take to the limits of what is acceptable for a cartoon on television.
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