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| Topic | South Park mocks trans athlete with a transphobic episode |
| Wetterdew 11/15/19 7:06:38 PM #33: | Guide posted... Wetterdew posted...South park is really crappy about their depictions of trans people, as far as I know there isn't really a single genuine trans person on the show, they're all just either confused and treated as jokes like mr garrison or just lying and treated as jokes where you laugh at how vulgar and male they're being despite identifying as female like Heather in the s23 episode. I don't think they've ever once grappled with trans people on a level beyond making low-reaching jokes about how funny it is to see trans people not matching their gender I mean look at Token and the way they treat his race, he's taken seriously and they genuinely grapple with stereotypes about being black and the struggles black people face in many of his storylines. More recently craig and tweak are being treated as a gay couple beyond just laughing about gay people and they do also occasionally get into legitimate struggles of gay people. For trans people they just use it for cheap jokes and haven't actually looked into trans people's perspectives like they have for other minority groups. The closest they went was the episode where people decided they were ok with trans people using whichever bathroom, but there weren't even any trans characters in that episode, just people pretending. Maybe bring in somebody who's actually trans and not just lying or trying it out a gender surgery for the hell of it? I guess they have caitlyn jenner but she's not a fleshed out character --- Touch fuzzy get dizzy. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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