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nice article in this month's issue - interviews with behind the scenes folks, including the real Butters.
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Re: Rolling Stone
Sat, March 24, 2007 - 1:54 PM*laughing*
I didn't know there was a real Butters. Poor guy. :)
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Re: Rolling Stone
Sun, March 25, 2007 - 2:03 PM
i thought the article sucked. i'm not flaming you, i would have posted about it as well - but its the same retread of every other interview w. them and the south park crew. i was expecting way more from a cover story, but it looks lke r.s. just used them for the cover value. if rolling stone took them as seriously as they take bono or whatever, it would have been a deeper article.
someday a real journalist who actually knows the south park material is going to do a real interview w. them. which means not including any of the potty mouth jokes and really bringing to light why this show, after ten years, besides still being laugh out loud funny, is one of the most topical and courageous shows on tv. -
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Sun, March 25, 2007 - 6:11 PMI haven't read other interviews - so it was an eye opener to me. I was thinking "my god - there is no way I could ever work for them!" The time line to the production was informative. It would be interesting to know what the players are like away from each other - do they just disinigrate into the "potty mouths" when they are around each other? I would think it would be exhausting to be that stupid. Good point about the depth of the article - though it seemed like they tried to deflect more probing questions. Maybe that was my imagination. I was hoping they were less like the characters and more .... hmmm .... "quiet geniuses". Maybe they are and it all is an act for the press. -
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Mon, March 26, 2007 - 10:57 AM"...though it seemed like they tried to deflect more probing questions. Maybe that was my imagination."
no it wasn't your imagination, that is their method w. the press or public, especially Trey. note that, I dont blame them for doing this, i would be doing the same thing! keeping up the frat boy image keeps them in good graces w. younger fans, and allows them to do political and social commentary without the fans thinking they are talking down or lecturing them.
one example -- they put down hollywood types who take a political stand -- partly out of being funny (like how they rip on sean penn) but also so no one gets the idea that they have any political opinions or are lecturing the audience. the irony and brilliance of this technique is that practically every episode is in fact a morality play that comments on politics and culture.
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