Thoughts on South Park’s Lice Episode
“Lice Capades” first aired last year, but I just saw it recently.
First of all, I want to say that I love South Park for its irreverent and often obnoxious humor. I don’t take it too seriously. However, if you find South Park distasteful then please do not visit the link below. This episode is par for the course with bawdy and politically incorrect material.
This cartoon deals brilliantly with the embarrassment issues kids and families feel around lice. Mr. Garrison tells the class that one of them had lice. Cartman leads the hunt to find out who it was, with a particular emphasis on railroading Kenny. I won’t tell you how it ends. Let’s just say that if you read what I have written on how over-the-top upset people sometimes get over lice, then you’ll understand why a little humor on the subject is appreciated.
Here is the episode in its entirety.
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