tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286197537031659352.post5942992652642179151..comments2023-10-24T05:32:36.445-07:00Comments on Thoughts from Tara: South Park: Post #6 Audience InterpretationsTarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11708848003897713670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286197537031659352.post-92145529095758643612010-02-19T20:27:18.538-08:002010-02-19T20:27:18.538-08:00It ISN'T meant for young viewers, that's w...It ISN'T meant for young viewers, that's why it has a certificate saying so. Young children also get their hands on movies for adults, or TV shows they're not suppose to watch. They should still be aired. If a parent cares that much about a child not seeing it, they won't.<br /><br />I think if you 'get' the show, it really doesn't matter what gender/ race/ religion/ nationality you are. That's because South Park tends not to mock any of these things but the people who hold opinions ABOUT these things (Like Cartman constantly making anti semitic remarks to Kyle). <br /><br />I'm a woman also and I don't think there's any issue in gender here. Or race! Like I said, if viewers actually understand South Park and what the jokes are meant to mean they'd see the irony in it. When I've seen people complain about the show it's because they've not watched it properly or it's offended their religion, which I find absurd seeing as how much damage religions do to people and they're not prepared to let a counter opinion air on TV. <br /><br />Nice article, but I don't see why there's so much fuss about the show.babooshkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923257438401037013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286197537031659352.post-77664078432220036932007-05-14T08:09:00.000-07:002007-05-14T08:09:00.000-07:00I think that the audience interp. approach was a g...I think that the audience interp. approach was a good choice for your final post and I'm glad to read you've gained an interest in the subject :0)<BR/>I was happy to see you use Enloe as a resource, and as you said, it's a reductionist connection between Abu Garib and the used-tampon episode. However, I would have liked to see a clearer analytical connection between the show's content and your analysis of audience.<BR/>While I can see why the tendency to use the "audiences ultimately vary based on the individual watching" approach to the topic, it's important to realize that stating the individual interpretation before doing the bulk of your analysis can stifle your own approach and scope of analysis. It's the statement of the issue, the method of analysis, then the individual variations as cause-for-issue, then analysis of issue, that basically forces you into an oversimplified conclusion before you've given yourself a chance to analyze first, and then come to your conclusion. If you avoid reducing the issue to a normative rationale/explanation, you can then really investigate why it is that you would see a gender divide in (this issue also needs specificity geographically and other relevant categories--though here too, the approach to this comparison could be made more difficult because you're using a group of friends as a somewhat paradoxical anecdotal population for evidence collection) the ways which the episode is interpreted.<BR/>I can see you've made plenty of progress throughout the semester. Just try to de-individualize your understanding of these various topics (not that it's easy b/c individualism is the cornerstone of the bootstraps-american-dream-work-ethic dogma that many of us were unknowingly raised with--so it's something that you have to realize first before you can unlearn it :o).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00882202558089495129noreply@blogger.com