I am at a loss as how to view it, actually. While I can appreciate its anarchic and unconvential make-up, I also find it disturbingly mean sometimes. There is some very funny material presented in the series. Some of the sketches are really good, and poke fun at people and society in general. In one episode for instance: Puppets coming out of rehab, a pig's head getting a makeover, children narrating of how hot-dogs are made accompanied by sounds of machinegun-fire, funny/not funny image-reels which poke fun at racist portrayals in older (disney) cartoons.
On the other hand, a little kid going up to a stranger passing by and giving him a note saying; "you are dead to me", made me cringe. You could call me overly sensitive but that just seems downright mean and nasty.
Maybe it's the fact that real kids are used in this way that makes it different from a show like South Park*, and makes it difficult to really appreciate the show as a whole.
Am I alone in this?
*Which I find to be extremely funny as a whole, but also has a nasty side at times. |
