Hell of a wake-up call for the etiquette-oppressed!

Rating: Null/10 (5 July 1999)

I feel like I've spent most of my career defending my use of words--my freedoms of speech and expression. Parker and Stone spearheaded a movement of awareness with the debut of the South Park series. Now South Park is a film that pushes the envelope in every way and I applaud it. Unless you live in a mute community, you will understand that real people (and especially kids) use colorful language. One of many points made by this film is that the "blame" for foul language cannot be put squarely on the shoulders of performing artists exercising their right to free speech. Parents! Wake up! You might not be doing your job! Of course I see where South Park will be dismissed as trashy potty humor. To me, this reaction is just more evidence of the open wound of American Puritanical morality. I hope Parker and Stone are rubbing enough salt.