Re: South Park Sacrafice -- Mimetic Theory and Literary Study

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Date Posted: 10:23:30 03/24/08 Mon
Author: CS Holden
Subject: Re: South Park Sacrafice
In reply to: JPJ II 's message, "South Park Sacrafice" on 20:58:20 03/23/08 Sun

First off, kudos for bringing up South Park. I'm excited for the new season.

Some other examples of Girardian South Park episodes that just came to mind are the homeless episode and the Easter episode.

In the homeless episode, South Park is overrun by mobs of zombie-like bums who keep asking for "Change? Change?" People who give change to the homeless are soon out of money themselves, and they, too, start accosting others for "Change? Change?" The South Parkians barricade themselves on the roof of a building and they try to wait the crisis out while the boys try to lure the homeless to California, where people are "good to the homeless." But while the parents are on the roof, one man gets a phone call and finds out that his home has been taken from him. He asks Randy to give him some charity, but now that he has become "one of them," Randy shoots him instead.

In the Easter episode, which can be seen as a comical unmasking of the ritual of bunnies and such, it turns out that the rightful heir to the office of Pope is a bunny; hence, the Easter bunny. The episode rips shamelessly from The DaVinci Code, so there are secret organizations trying to protect or destroy the holy rabbit. In order to save Christianity and Easter, Jesus comes back to earth but is imprisoned with Kyle, who is Jewish. The only way he can get out of jail, Jesus says, is to die and resurrect outside the bars. The only way to do THAT, he says, is for Kyle to kill him. The following dialogue ensues:

Kyle: (reluctant) N-no way! Do it yourself!
Jesus: Suicide is blasphemy. There's no choice here, Kyle!
Kyle: Dude, you don't understand, I'm a Jew. I have a few hangups about killing Jesus.
Jesus: Just make it quick. (kneels down and hands the dagger to Kyle, then points at his own neck) Through the neck. I'll arise again immediately.
Kyle: (looks at the dagger in dismay) Don't make me do this.
Jesus: My son, there is no time! DO IT!
Kyle: (still looking and pondering) Eric Cartman can never know about this.
Jesus: (still kneeling, looking at Kyle) I understand. And Kyle... Happy Easter. (waits patiently for his moment of death and rebirth)
Kyle: (pauses, then reluctantly) Happy Easter, Jesus. (stabs Jesus)

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