Posted October 1, 20159 yr Did anyone catch tonight's South Park episode? It was all about South Park trying to land a Whole Foods. They created a mixed-use urban entertainment district in the crappiest part of town, around Kenny's house, called SODOSOPA. Touched on hipsters, gentrification, urban planning, mixed-income, etc. Pretty F'en funny too! summary of the episode http://www.amindonfire.com/south-park-gets-gentrified-in-the-city-part-of-town/
October 1, 20159 yr I'm still trying to get the context behind it. They portrayed a really tough issue well, but then didn't propose an ideology or solution behind it like they normally do. I'm very glad they are touching on the idea of urban revitalization, that's something that definitely needs to be discussed more in mainstream media, but I don't think it's a great idea to give people a bunch of feelings and then at least not suggest a direction to channel it and make a difference. Normally it is easy to agree or disagree with whatever direction they propose, I just don't understand what the motive was with this episode. Normally it's more clear. Can you guys help me out?
October 1, 20159 yr Btw here's the episode, for now offered free but in the future will probably switch over to Hulu users only: http://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s19e03-the-city-part-of-town
October 1, 20159 yr I'm still trying to get the context behind it. They portrayed a really tough issue well, but then didn't propose an ideology or solution behind it like they normally do. I'm very glad they are touching on the idea of urban revitalization, that's something that definitely needs to be discussed more in mainstream media, but I don't think it's a great idea to give people a bunch of feelings and then at least not suggest a direction to channel it and make a difference. Normally it is easy to agree or disagree with whatever direction they propose, I just don't understand what the motive was with this episode. Normally it's more clear. Can you guys help me out? Usually that message comes out via one of Kyle's speeches at the end, of which the boys have been berating him about over the last few episodes. So perhaps the lack of a clearly articulated message or lesson was intentional
October 2, 20159 yr I'm still trying to get the context behind it. They portrayed a really tough issue well, but then didn't propose an ideology or solution behind it like they normally do. I'm very glad they are touching on the idea of urban revitalization, that's something that definitely needs to be discussed more in mainstream media, but I don't think it's a great idea to give people a bunch of feelings and then at least not suggest a direction to channel it and make a difference. Normally it is easy to agree or disagree with whatever direction they propose, I just don't understand what the motive was with this episode. Normally it's more clear. Can you guys help me out? Well at the end a quick glimpse showed the district looking abandoned and in ruins. I think the premise is that you can't manufacture authenticity. Also, the video touting the historic Red Lobster was even more hilarious.
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