I think IA was pointing out you were switching the names.
And, for the record, while I've been able to find some videos of the routine in question, all are in French, none are subtitled (I don't speak French), and, unless he's really supposed to be saying "Charlemagne died towards it's like a life style arrives limours a dream woodpecker", the auto-translate is of no help. Parts of it were translated in an article in McLean's, and it's like this:
Though, apparently, the larger context of the show being about poking fun at local celebrities that Quebequois people seemed to deem sacred cows (Celine Dion, for one) might have been the deciding factor, but looking into what I could find, it looks like the section about Jeremy is just mocking him for his disability, and dismissing it as just him being ugly. It'd probably have been easier to defend if it was more complaining about the fact that the media kept fawning over the fact that this kid could sing at all and ignoring that his actual ability isn't all that great of you remove the whole deafness thing, maybe even pointing out that once you remember that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are almost stone-deaf by this point and still rocking, his singing isn't all that special. But he just goes for mocking the disability and how disappointing it is that he's not terminally ill.
Honestly, I think George Carlin has the right idea here:
Not necessarily a big fan of the whole "sent to a human rights tribunal for a joke" thing, but that doesn't mean I think the joke he made is a good one. Hell, even when South Park makes disability jokes, there's often something more to the joke than just mocking marginalised groups (either mocking the authority figures who don't understand what's going on, or whatever jackassery the kids are up to in reaction to it.) And when there isn't, you just get a shitty episode of South Park.
And, for the record, while I've been able to find some videos of the routine in question, all are in French, none are subtitled (I don't speak French), and, unless he's really supposed to be saying "Charlemagne died towards it's like a life style arrives limours a dream woodpecker", the auto-translate is of no help. Parts of it were translated in an article in McLean's, and it's like this:
Quote:Ward introduces Gabriel as “the kid with a subwoofer on his head”—in reference to his hearing aid. He describes defending Gabriel against people who criticized his singing. “I was like, ‘F–k! He’s living his dream! He’s dying and he’s living his dream. Let him live his dream! He’s been dreaming since he was little to sing off-key in front of the Pope.’ ”
He describes realizing Gabriel did not have a terminal illness. “I defended him, non-stop. But now it’s been five years and . . . f–k! He’s not dead yet!” Ward continues: “And he’s impossible to kill, too! I saw him last summer at the waterslides. I tried to drown him. Impossible! So I went on the internet to check what his disease really is. And do you know what he has? He’s f–king ugly!” Then Ward tells his audience he wasn’t sure how far he could take the joke. He chides them for having kept laughing.
Though, apparently, the larger context of the show being about poking fun at local celebrities that Quebequois people seemed to deem sacred cows (Celine Dion, for one) might have been the deciding factor, but looking into what I could find, it looks like the section about Jeremy is just mocking him for his disability, and dismissing it as just him being ugly. It'd probably have been easier to defend if it was more complaining about the fact that the media kept fawning over the fact that this kid could sing at all and ignoring that his actual ability isn't all that great of you remove the whole deafness thing, maybe even pointing out that once you remember that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are almost stone-deaf by this point and still rocking, his singing isn't all that special. But he just goes for mocking the disability and how disappointing it is that he's not terminally ill.
Honestly, I think George Carlin has the right idea here:
Not necessarily a big fan of the whole "sent to a human rights tribunal for a joke" thing, but that doesn't mean I think the joke he made is a good one. Hell, even when South Park makes disability jokes, there's often something more to the joke than just mocking marginalised groups (either mocking the authority figures who don't understand what's going on, or whatever jackassery the kids are up to in reaction to it.) And when there isn't, you just get a shitty episode of South Park.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
