"South Park" With Apologies to Jesse Jackson (2007)

Director:

Trey Parker

Writers:

Trey Parker (written by)
Trey Parker (creator) ...

TV Series:

"South Park" (1997)

Original Air Date:

7 March 2007 (Season 11, Episode 1)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Stan becomes a social outcast after his father Randy says "the N-Word" on national television, but Michael Richards and Mark Furhman come to Randy's rescue. Cartman has a run-in with a little-person teaching sensitivity training at the elementary school.

Plot Keywords:

Sensitivity Training | n Word | Racist Joke | Kissing Butt | Redneck

Cast

Trey Parker	...	Eric Cartman / Stan Marsh / Randy Marsh / Various (voice)
Matt Stone	...	Kyle Broflovski (voice)
Adrien Beard	...	Token (voice)
B.J. McCrory	...	Coyote Brown (voice)
April Stewart	...	Sharon Marsh / Principal Victoria (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

Principal Victoria has a picture of her and Rosie O'Donnell on her bookshelf. Rosie O'Donnell is the aunt of one of the kindergarteners.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the bonus round on Wheel of Fortune, the letters provided before Randy picked his four letters (three consonants and one vowel) were "RTSL and E" and Randy ended up choosing the "N" along with his letters which he picked. In reality, Wheel of Fortune provides the letters "RSTLNE"; therefore, the "N" is already included with the letters that the game provides for the player during the bonus round.

Quotes:

Stan Marsh: [about what his dad said on Wheel of Fortune] Dude, its okay. My dad apologized to Jesse Jackson and he accepted it.
Token: Jesse Jackson is not the Emperor of black people!

Movie Connections:

References "Wheel of Fortune" (1975)

Soundtrack:

Down with The Sickness

They're back.

After a disappointing tenth season, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have started off Season 11 with a bang - satirizing the media frenzy caused by the Michael Richards racial slur incident late last year and yet again touching on a very fragile subject matter: the "N-word." The reason "South Park" can get away with using the N-word over 40 times in one episode, of course, is because - unlike "Family Guy" or other basic shows - "South Park" has evolved into an intelligent criticism of society and every episode deals with some kind of current events issue, and in particular this episode addresses the impact of these harmful words more so than just the shock of the word itself. Stan's dad Randy uses the N-word on national television and becomes the subject of hate - facing a sort of modern-day twist on racism, with people calling him "the N-word guy" and not allowing him to shop in stores or go anywhere without being confronted. He's even chased down by a pack of rednecks who take issue with his degradation of an entire race.

As a subplot, Cartman takes issue with a midget teacher who ends up trying to fight Cartman.

Hopefully the episodes will continue with this strength and won't deteriorate over the season's progression.