# South Park (1997)

> Four irreverent grade-schoolers in the dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado, stumble through absurd controversies that skewer American life.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 29
- Episodes: 337
- Episode runtime: 23 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: animation, comedy
- Created by: Trey Parker, Matt Stone
- Network: Comedy Central
- Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Isaac Hayes, Mary Kay Bergman, Mona Marshall, Sebastian Yu, Jessie Jo Thomas, Milan Agnone
- TMDB rating: 8.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121955/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: irreverent, crude, satirical, absurdist, cynical, playful

## What critics say

Viewers broadly acclaim South Park as a witty, irreverent satire that skewers celebrities and society, though its later seasons are seen as less consistent than the early run.

## Synopsis

South Park (1997-present) is a long-running American adult animated comedy series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central. Following four irreverent grade-schoolers, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman and Kenny McCormick, voiced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the show unfolds in the quiet, dysfunctional mountain town of South Park, Colorado. Each episode is a self-contained, roughly twenty-three-minute case built from a fresh topical controversy, pop culture craze or civic panic that the boys blunder into and escalate until the adults around them lose their composure. Chef, voiced by Isaac Hayes in the early years, and the parents, teachers and town officials give the chaos its stubborn ballast. The series runs as a serialized-in-spirit, episodic satire with a standing cast of recurring characters and an open-ended run of more than two decades. Its tone is crude, profane and gleefully offensive, yet sharp in its mockery of celebrities, politicians and social fads. Fans of The Simpsons, Family Guy and Beavis and Butt-Head will find resonance in its blend of juvenile humor and pointed commentary.

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