'South Park' continues to amuse, excoriate, lampoon and pillory and while it hits more marks than it misses, the long running public stock of a cartoon could be losing its lustre. The problem with 'South Park' is that, as they were good enough to point out, the 'Simpsons' have done most of their gags and themes before in a more subtle and, what they didn't say, funnier way. While frequently hilarious, the 'let's rip into both sides' trope becomes tedious with the writers having to invent strawmen to knock down. The recent 'Inception' episode was desperately weak as it tried to pick holes in one of the most original movies for the last five years. America is, despite attempts to 'restore sanity', an incredibly divided country and the 'here's what the Red State douchebags would say' and 'here's what the Blue State A'Holes harp on about' only has so much traction; you can only play both sides of the fence for so long. Still, it's very easy late night viewing and Eric Cartman is still a big-boned, foul-mouthed legend. But when you've had a go at everybody, who's left? A very funny programme well past its best before date; keeps 'thetvreviewguy''s attention as he likes satire as much as the next dude but...keep it original guys.
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