{"product_id":"the-deep-end-of-south-park-critical-essays-on-televisions-shocking-cartoon-series-9780786443079","title":"The Deep End of South Park: Critical Essays on Television's Shocking Cartoon Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Leslie Stratyner | James R. Keller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Television - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e No American television show of the past decade has been vilified as has Comedy Central's \u003ci\u003eSouth Park.\u003c\/i\u003e This is the show that has featured, in turn, a nine-year-old boy enmeshed in an affair with Ben Affleck, a maniacal Mel Gibson smearing feces everywhere, and the misadventures of Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, a talking, bouncing, singing piece of poop. While it's not always an exercise in good taste, \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a socially significant satire that has also devoted entire episodes to interpretations of \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations, \u003c\/i\u003e Ken Burns' \u003ci\u003eCivil War, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHamlet.\u003c\/i\u003e This volume explores the popularity and cultural relevance of \u003ci\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/i\u003e and its place as an artistically and politically worthy satire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47610370818199,"sku":"9780786443079","price":1940.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786443079.webp?v=1775064502","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-deep-end-of-south-park-critical-essays-on-televisions-shocking-cartoon-series-9780786443079","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}