The Ring

Premises for South Park have always been popular culture. However, one of the strengths of the series has always been the subtlety with which the writers showed their opinions towards the subject matter. This lacked both subtlety and real substance.

Amusing moments, no doubt. However, amusing in a chuckling way, not the 'laugh out loud' manner to which South Park fans have become accustomed. The last five minutes of the episode showed some depths of creativity and intelligence, however this did little to reflect the lack of depth of the rest of the episode. Caricaturing was grossly exaggerated, and not in an intelligent way. Over the top. Perhaps unnecessary.

A good idea ruined by an elongated beginning which never quite metamorphosised into a full episode. The major characters were marginalised, focusing too heavily on pop-culture references which could be lost on a large part of the audience.

However, let it be said that Cartman, albehim a peripheral character, was as ever amusing and insightful. What a shame that his intelligence was lost in a maelstrom of OTT zeitgeist humour.

5/10 - perhaps South Park has, as ever, set its standards incredibly high. However, most people should expect more from satirical writers.

This episode is very good as far as South Park's recent episodes go. Lately I've been getting the feeling that South Park doesn't feel like an animated comedy, and more of a vehicle for Trey and Matt's commentaries on modern culture.

This episode has commentaries on culture, but the plot relies on one of the characters, this time Kenny. Kenny doesn't usually get very many episodes centered around him, but when he does they are usually incredibly funny, such as Major Boobage.

The plot revolves around Kenny getting a girlfriend, and in an attempt to get her to perform a certain act on him he gets her tickets to a Jonas Brothers concert. But the Jonas Brothers take her back stage, and instead of using her like a groupie they give her a ring to have her pledge abstinence and stay out of trouble. I don't want to give away too much of the plot, but it all turns into a funny commentary on subjects like Disney and Grey's Anatomy.

All in all I'd recommend this episode to fans of the show.

The episode was a fantastic exposure of the perverse minds at Disney and their history. It goes downhill, near the end, with the antichristian drivel, that always seems to slither into entertainment, whether we notice it or not. I think South Park can be hilarious and a brilliant satire but sometimes they become hypocrites of intolerance.

This is just commentary on Disney being a corporate hellhole. This is nothing new.

Welp... time to re-watch Wandavision.