When will the downward spiral end?

Nov 7, 2003, 8:55 PM ET5 posts by 5 postersalt.tv.southpark
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Clydefrogalt.tv.southpark

Let me explain. I've been a South Park fan since the day our boys encountered the "visitors" on that fateful day. I've loved the show as it constantly evolved and became funnier and funnier throughout the seasons.

But ever since the middle of season 6, I've just found myself laughing less and less till last week, I watched an entire episode without laughing once.

Am I the only one who thinks that Matt and Trey either don't care or aren't writing anymore? The jokes are all so obvious you can see them coming miles away. The biting, vicious satire is missing, in its place are parodies of recent events. What happened to the classic episodes that were about the kids and what happens to kids as they grow up? The best episodes were the ones that contained off-the-wall, hilarious exchanges between kids (camping scene in Jakovasaurus is pure gold).

I don't know, maybe my humor is just changing.

I think you are right to a point.

I miss the kids growing up comedy. Asking Chef what a Clitoris was...that's classic...

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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 21:36:57 -0500, "Darrell Harris" wrote:

Agreed. This season has been very hit and miss, sadly most of it miss. I thought last weeks episode was a great one, almost SP back on form - the whole christian rock band idea was strangely plausible, and funny as hell, especially tubby getting his ass kicked. Then we get "treated" to Grey Dawn, which to my mind, was bloody awful.

Just my 2 cents..

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What's a lesbian, Chef?

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 01:55:54 GMT, Clydefrog wrote:

The writing is still amazing. You've just been spoiled and you have set your expectations ever higher. I don't think you can appreciate how difficult it is to produce over 100 episodes!

Where do you go with your characters? What issues are left to tackle? I forget the quote, but I think they said it in the reality episode. Something like, "After 100 episodes, shows start relying on ever more ridiculous premises" (they were in the Hekma Bar, I think).

They still do incredibly good satire even if we've become so accustomed to the characters that we can guess how they'll react in every circumstance.

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