Why
do people seem to enjoy the rants and ramblings of a semi-psychotic, racist, like
Eric Cartman of Comedy Central’s South Park. The answer may lie in our
subconscious. No, not that we are all racists underneath. It may be the fact that we enjoy a crazy person’s rants, from time to time, and enjoy watching him lose even
more so. It appeals to the allure of the taboo. What Cartman does or chooses to
do is not acceptable social behavior, and we enjoy him for that,
because he chooses to flout social norms and conventions. It’s the Freudian id
inside us all, that makes us want to do things our society bans. But we must not
forget that we also know, every time, that what Cartman does is wrong, and he
fails every time, rightly so. And we know that anyone who would do things that
Cartman does, will and should fail. And in the end, we are all rewarded for our
belief in the goodness of the people. We may enjoy shenanigans from time to time,
but we always come to admire and respect the right thing in the end. And
therein lies the magic of South Park’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone,
who weave a great tale around their anti-hero, and a complete loony, Eric
Cartman.
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