As some of you may know, South Park started off its new season with an episode on Wednesday. And if you know South Park, they always take popular topics in American contemporary society- this episode happened to be about the Jonas Brothers. Two words— F@#$ing Hilarious!
I first came in with the idea they would just be ripping on the Jonas brothers. However the story had a really really good twist. Instead of merely making fun of how gay the Jonas brothers look, they actually took a stance on how the Jonas Brothers are essentially selling “sex”. I remember someone wrote an article how it seemed that the Jonas Brothers are just leading girls on, as girls are going crazy for them- in the process, they hot all “hot n’ bothered” as Mickey calls it— you’ll see what I mean if you watch it.
But the main point which is hilarious is that South Park is essentially saying Disney is basically selling sex, but because the Jonas Brothers are chaste and wear purity rings, it’s OK. By doing so, South Park is pointing out hyprocrisy in pop culture- Disney wants to have this safe, innocent, and “moral” image, while still selling sex through the Jonas Brothers—- why? Because sex sells.
In addition, this episode also features the two extrema which where discussed in class, well in fact there are quite a few. One of them which I found interesting was look on sexual relationships- while south park lampooned on the Jonas Brothers for being abstinent and abstaining for sex (making fun of their innocence) they also showed a funny negative view on why having sexual freedom is bad. Overall, this episode of South Park is a must see. Yes it is a bit vulgar and sexual, but the twist at the end is hilarious and it definitely hits on some points we talked about in class— as well as some we discussed on these blogs (when is too young-the blog about alfie and young relationships)…..and you learn more about the jonas brothers… haha check it out :D
