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(S11E14) It's a shame that this is the last episode of the season. Since the writers of South Park aren't in the WGA, they could continue and potentially increase ratings. However, it is the final episode of the season. So here's the final TV Squad review of the season.The boys learn of a secret list that the girls in the fourth grade rating them from cutest to ugliest. Every seven episodes, the writing team partially writes an episode in advance so they don't fall behind schedule. This strikes me as that episode.
When I read the previews last week, the episode was originally supposed to be about Kenny marketing his own breakfast cereal "Kenny-O's". Since the episode never happened, based on reading the premise, I liked this episode better. I think they did a wink to that proposed episode when Kenny died with his head in a bowl of cereal (at least, I think it was cereal).
I liked the lesson of this episode, about how life is tough for everybody in different ways no matter their looks. The bickering between the girls also reminds us that looks are arbitrary and they're not the sole judge of character. Also, it was about how it's dangerous to judge ourselves based on the judgment of others. It's a step up from last week's episode and had more substance to it. Plus I enjoyed having Abraham Lincoln (fresh from Imaginationland) call Kyle a f**king a**hole.
I see from the ending that, for one episode, they've returned to killing Kenny (using a stray bullet from Bebe's gun, no less). They've also possibly reignited the Stan/Wendy romance. On the other hand, this is South Park. They could abandon all of that the next episode if they got a good story out of it.
Women tend to be the more social of the two sexes and I enjoyed how Trey Parker and Matt Stone turned that concept on its ear by having a "Star Chamber" style committee to judge trivial matters that seem very important when you're in elementary school. I found it hilarious that the girl's committee was using terms such as "Come to the Rainbow Railing", "Sparkle Law" and answering each question with the affirmative "Sunshine".
I do wonder if future episodes will focus more on the girls in the class. I certainly hope so. Even though it uses crude humor I think more women of the younger generation now appreciate that humor (thanks to folks like Judd Apatow and Kevin Smith). By using more women, they could get more women viewers. Or maybe they already have enough women viewers and I'm just talking out my ass.
It's a silly observation, but I'm wondering why the cops didn't arrest Kyle at the end when he was there with all the flammable materials? Also, why did Wendy kicking Bebe in the groin work? Do girls know something that boys don't? (Well, obviously.)
Favorite quotes: "If it's just looks then I think I'm safe." "We're guys. We can out-think them." "Butters will run up and kick her in the balls." "Hey. What's goin' on?" "Are you going to eat that pickle?"
| Yes, after all they are also entertainment writers. | |
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| No, they should do their own thing. |
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