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more about the creators of South Park
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have chosen, (banksy, daft punk, satoshi....) to compare Stone and Parker to, but i guess the weren't talking about anonymity, but rather understated-ness.
> That those brand names are more recognizable than their creators — Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe — tells you something of what they have in common: a commitment to their own unique creativity, rather than their fame, and the discipline and grit to explore it for decades. Anti-celebrities, in their time but never of it, perfectionist but unafraid of failure, these two duos are proof, it seems to me, that a democratic culture, even one as decadent as ours, can still spawn excellence and intelligence, spanning high and low, and generating what I can only call joy.
i'll admit here that i haven't watched much of South Park, but i have heard of some of the antics the show has caused, and am abundantly familiar with the joke that "gingers have no souls." this must be my signal to start watching a little more, as now i've heard it come up a handful of times in the past week.
> And in two decades of an acutely polarized and politicized culture, what team is South Park on? Precisely. You can’t tell, can you? — which is a staggering achievement in its own right. And it’s not about risk-aversion: the duo was targeted by Islamist terror and [didn’t blink](
They also took on the censors at the MPAA — savor this memo — and obliterated one of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” by saying [“shit”]( 162 times in one episode.
obviosly the writer of this piece is a fan, and biased though it may be, there are some interesting insights embedded therein. again, i'll have to watch more for myself to verify these claims. but i am intrigued.
> They have done all this, taken no prisoners, and remain uncancellable. Why? Because their mockery is genuinely universal (including themselves), their courage is real, and because they remain humane. ...
Matt and Trey are also huge sell-outs who haven’t actually sold out: incredibly shrewd from the get-go in controlling and owning their creation, they have massively monetized it since without ever compromising an iota. Paramount paid them [$900 million](https://stacker.news/items/1050472/r/unschooled) for their latest contract. And they’ve done all this without ever parroting the piety of some mega-stars and by doggedly retaining their personal privacy.
as i mentiond at the beginning of the post, the tie-in to the Pet Shop Boys at the end could have been replaced for any number of other artists/creators, although i can see the relevance here.
The Consistency Of Their Genius
In praise of two extraordinary duos: South Park and Pet Shop Boys
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i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have ...
more about the creators of South Park
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have chosen, (banksy, daft punk, satoshi....) to compare Stone and Parker to, but i guess the weren't talking about anonymity, but rather understated-ness.
> That those brand names are more recognizable than their creators — Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe — tells you something of what they have in common: a commitment to their own unique creativity, rather than their fame, and the discipline and grit to explore it for decades. Anti-celebrities, in their time but never of it, perfectionist but unafraid of failure, these two duos are proof, it seems to me, that a democratic culture, even one as decadent as ours, can still spawn excellence and intelligence, spanning high and low, and generating what I can only call joy.
i'll admit here that i haven't watched much of South Park, but i have heard of some of the antics the show has caused, and am abundantly familiar with the joke that "gingers have no souls." this must be my signal to start watching a little more, as now i've heard it come up a handful of times in the past week.
> And in two decades of an acutely polarized and politicized culture, what team is South Park on? Precisely. You can’t tell, can you? — which is a staggering achievement in its own right. And it’s not about risk-aversion: the duo was targeted by Islamist terror and [didn’t blink]( They also took on the censors at the MPAA — savor this memo — and obliterated one of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” by saying [“shit”]( 162 times in one episode.
obviosly the writer of this piece is a fan, and biased though it may be, there are some interesting insights embedded therein. again, i'll have to watch more for myself to verify these claims. but i am intrigued.
> They have done all this, taken no prisoners, and remain uncancellable. Why? Because their mockery is genuinely universal (including themselves), their courage is real, and because they remain humane. ...
Matt and Trey are also huge sell-outs who haven’t actually sold out: incredibly shrewd from the get-go in controlling and owning their creation, they have massively monetized it since without ever compromising an iota. Paramount paid them [$900 million](https://stacker.news/items/1050472/r/unschooled) for their latest contract. And they’ve done all this without ever parroting the piety of some mega-stars and by doggedly retaining their personal privacy.
as i mentiond at the beginning of the post, the tie-in to the Pet Shop Boys could have been replaced for any number of other artists/creators, although i can see the relevance here.
The Consistency Of Their Genius
In praise of two extraordinary duos: South Park and Pet Shop Boys
MTV
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more about the creators of South Park \ stacker news ~culture
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have ...
more about the creators of South Park
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have chosen, (banksy, daft punk, satoshi....) to compare Stone and Parker to, but i guess the weren't talking about anonymity, but rather understated-ness.
> That those brand names are more recognizable than their creators — Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe — tells you something of what they have in common: a commitment to their own unique creativity, rather than their fame, and the discipline and grit to explore it for decades. Anti-celebrities, in their time but never of it, perfectionist but unafraid of failure, these two duos are proof, it seems to me, that a democratic culture, even one as decadent as ours, can still spawn excellence and intelligence, spanning high and low, and generating what I can only call joy.
i'll admit here that i haven't watched much of south park, but i have heard of some of the antics the show has caused, and am abundantly familiar with the joke that gingers have no souls. this must be my signal to start watching a little more, as now i've heard it come up a handful of times in the past week.
> And in two decades of an acutely polarized and politicized culture, what team is South Park on? Precisely. You can’t tell, can you? — which is a staggering achievement in its own right. And it’s not about risk-aversion: the duo was targeted by Islamist terror and [didn’t blink]( They also took on the censors at the MPAA — savor this memo — and obliterated one of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” by saying [“shit”]( 162 times in one episode.
obviosly the writer of this piece is a fan, and biased though it may be, there are some interesting insights embedded therein. again, i'll have to watch more for myself to verify these claims. but i am intrigued.
> They have done all this, taken no prisoners, and remain uncancellable. Why? Because their mockery is genuinely universal (including themselves), their courage is real, and because they remain humane. ...
Matt and Trey are also huge sell-outs who haven’t actually sold out: incredibly shrewd from the get-go in controlling and owning their creation, they have massively monetized it since without ever compromising an iota. Paramount paid them [$900 million](https://stacker.news/items/1050472/r/unschooled) for their latest contract. And they’ve done all this without ever parroting the piety of some mega-stars and by doggedly retaining their personal privacy.
as i mentiond at the beginning of the post, the tie-in to the Pet Shop Boys could have been replaced for any number of other artists/creators, although i can see the relevance here.
The Consistency Of Their Genius
In praise of two extraordinary duos: South Park and Pet Shop Boys
MTV
MTV | Homepage - Shows & Schedules
MTV brings viewers the best in lifestyle and competition reality shows, plus live events featuring the biggest names in entertainment.
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more about the creators of South Park \ stacker news ~culture
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have ...
more about the creators of South Park
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples the could have chosen, (banksy, daft punk, satoshi....) to compare Stone and Parker to, but i guess the weren't talking about anonymity, only understatedness.
> That those brand names are more recognizable than their creators — Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe — tells you something of what they have in common: a commitment to their own unique creativity, rather than their fame, and the discipline and grit to explore it for decades. Anti-celebrities, in their time but never of it, perfectionist but unafraid of failure, these two duos are proof, it seems to me, that a democratic culture, even one as decadent as ours, can still spawn excellence and intelligence, spanning high and low, and generating what I can only call joy.
i'll admit here that i haven't watched much of south park, but i have heard of some of the antics the show has caused, and am abundantly familiar with the joke that gingers have no souls. this must be my signal to start watching a little more, as now i've heard it come up a handful of times in the past week.
> And in two decades of an acutely polarized and politicized culture, what team is South Park on? Precisely. You can’t tell, can you? — which is a staggering achievement in its own right. And it’s not about risk-aversion: the duo was targeted by Islamist terror and [didn’t blink]( They also took on the censors at the MPAA — savor this memo — and obliterated one of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” by saying [“shit”]( 162 times in one episode.
obviosly the writer of this piece is a fan, and biased though it may be, there are some interesting insights embedded therein. again, i'll have to watch more for myself to verify these claims. but i am intrigued.
> They have done all this, taken no prisoners, and remain uncancellable. Why? Because their mockery is genuinely universal (including themselves), their courage is real, and because they remain humane. ...
Matt and Trey are also huge sell-outs who haven’t actually sold out: incredibly shrewd from the get-go in controlling and owning their creation, they have massively monetized it since without ever compromising an iota. Paramount paid them [$900 million](https://stacker.news/items/1050472/r/unschooled) for their latest contract. And they’ve done all this without ever parroting the piety of some mega-stars and by doggedly retaining their personal privacy.
as i mentiond at the beginning of the post, the tie-in to the Pet Shop Boys could have been replaced for any number of other artists/creators, although i can see the relevance here.
The Consistency Of Their Genius
In praise of two extraordinary duos: South Park and Pet Shop Boys
MTV
MTV | Homepage - Shows & Schedules
MTV brings viewers the best in lifestyle and competition reality shows, plus live events featuring the biggest names in entertainment.
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more about the creators of South Park \ stacker news ~culture
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have ...
more about the creators of South Park
i liked this point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples the could have chosen, (banksy, daft punk, satoshi....) to compare Stone and Parker to, but i guess the weren't talking about anonymity, only understatedness.
> That those brand names are more recognizable than their creators — Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe — tells you something of what they have in common: a commitment to their own unique creativity, rather than their fame, and the discipline and grit to explore it for decades. Anti-celebrities, in their time but never of it, perfectionist but unafraid of failure, these two duos are proof, it seems to me, that a democratic culture, even one as decadent as ours, can still spawn excellence and intelligence, spanning high and low, and generating what I can only call joy.
i'll admit here that i haven't watched much of south park, but i have heard of some of the antics the show has caused, and am abundantly familiar with the joke that gingers have no souls. this must be my signal to start watching a little more, as now i've heard it come up a handful of times in the past week.
> And in two decades of an acutely polarized and politicized culture, what team is South Park on? Precisely. You can’t tell, can you? — which is a staggering achievement in its own right. And it’s not about risk-aversion: the duo was targeted by Islamist terror and [didn’t blink]( They also took on the censors at the MPAA — savor this memo — and obliterated one of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” by saying [“shit”]( 162 times in one episode.
obviosly the writer of this piece is a fan, and biased though it may be, there are some interesting insights embedded therein. again, i'll have to watch more for myself to verify these claims. but i am intrigued.
> They have done all this, taken no prisoners, and remain uncancellable. Why? Because their mockery is genuinely universal (including themselves), their courage is real, and because they remain humane. ...
Matt and Trey are also huge sell-outs who haven’t actually sold out: incredibly shrewd from the get-go in controlling and owning their creation, they have massively monetized it since without ever compromising an iota. Paramount paid them [$900 million](https://stacker.news/items/1050472/r/unschooled) for their latest contract. And they’ve done all this without ever parroting the piety of some mega-stars and by doggedly retaining their personal privacy.
as i mentiond at the beginning of the post, the tie-in to the Pet Shop Boys could have been replaced for any number of other artists/creators, although i can see the relevance here.
The Consistency Of Their Genius
In praise of two extraordinary duos: South Park and Pet Shop Boys
MTV
MTV | Homepage - Shows & Schedules
MTV brings viewers the best in lifestyle and competition reality shows, plus live events featuring the biggest names in entertainment.
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more about the creators of South Park \ stacker news ~culture
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have ...
more about the creators of South Park
i liked this point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples the could have chosen, (banksy, daft punk, satoshi....) to compare Stone and Parker to, but i guess the weren't talking about anonymity, only understatedness.
> That those brand names are more recognizable than their creators — Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe — tells you something of what they have in common: a commitment to their own unique creativity, rather than their fame, and the discipline and grit to explore it for decades. Anti-celebrities, in their time but never of it, perfectionist but unafraid of failure, these two duos are proof, it seems to me, that a democratic culture, even one as decadent as ours, can still spawn excellence and intelligence, spanning high and low, and generating what I can only call joy.
i'll admit here that i haven't watched much of south park, but i have heard of some of the antics the show has caused, and am abundantly familiar with the joke that gingers have no souls. this must be my signal to start watching a little more, as now i've heard it come up a handful of times in the past week.
> And in two decades of an acutely polarized and politicized culture, what team is South Park on? Precisely. You can’t tell, can you? — which is a staggering achievement in its own right. And it’s not about risk-aversion: the duo was targeted by Islamist terror and [didn’t blink]( They also took on the censors at the MPAA — savor this memo — and obliterated one of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” by saying [“shit”]( 162 times in one episode.
obviosly the writer of this piece is a fan, and biased though it may be, there are some interesting insights embedded therein. again, i'll have to watch more for myself to verify these claims. but i am intrigued.
> They have done all this, taken no prisoners, and remain uncancellable. Why? Because their mockery is genuinely universal (including themselves), their courage is real, and because they remain humane. ...
Matt and Trey are also huge sell-outs who haven’t actually sold out: incredibly shrewd from the get-go in controlling and owning their creation, they have massively monetized it since without ever compromising an iota. Paramount paid them [$900 million](https://stacker.news/items/1050472/r/unschooled) for their latest contract. And they’ve done all this without ever parroting the piety of some mega-stars and by doggedly retaining their personal privacy.
as i mentiond at the beginning of the post, the tie-in to the Pet Shop Boys could have been replaced for any number of other artists/creators, although i can see the relevance here.
The Consistency Of Their Genius
In praise of two extraordinary duos: South Park and Pet Shop Boys
MTV
MTV | Homepage - Shows & Schedules
MTV brings viewers the best in lifestyle and competition reality shows, plus live events featuring the biggest names in entertainment.
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more about the creators of South Park \ stacker news ~culture
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have ...
[more about the creators of South Park] The Consistency Of Their Genius (2024)
i liked this point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples the could have chosen, (banksy, daft punk, satoshi....) to compare Stone and Parker to, but i guess the weren't talking about anonymity, only understatedness.
> That those brand names are more recognizable than their creators — Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe — tells you something of what they have in common: a commitment to their own unique creativity, rather than their fame, and the discipline and grit to explore it for decades. Anti-celebrities, in their time but never of it, perfectionist but unafraid of failure, these two duos are proof, it seems to me, that a democratic culture, even one as decadent as ours, can still spawn excellence and intelligence, spanning high and low, and generating what I can only call joy.
i'll admit here that i haven't watched much of south park, but i have heard of some of the antics the show has caused, and am abundantly familiar with the joke that gingers have no souls. this must be my signal to start watching a little more, as now i've heard it come up a handful of times in the past week.
> And in two decades of an acutely polarized and politicized culture, what team is South Park on? Precisely. You can’t tell, can you? — which is a staggering achievement in its own right. And it’s not about risk-aversion: the duo was targeted by Islamist terror and [didn’t blink]( They also took on the censors at the MPAA — savor this memo — and obliterated one of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” by saying [“shit”]( 162 times in one episode.
obviosly the writer of this piece is a fan, and biased though it may be, there are some interesting insights embedded therein. again, i'll have to watch more for myself to verify these claims. but i am intrigued.
> They have done all this, taken no prisoners, and remain uncancellable. Why? Because their mockery is genuinely universal (including themselves), their courage is real, and because they remain humane. ...
Matt and Trey are also huge sell-outs who haven’t actually sold out: incredibly shrewd from the get-go in controlling and owning their creation, they have massively monetized it since without ever compromising an iota. Paramount paid them [$900 million](https://stacker.news/items/1050472/r/unschooled) for their latest contract. And they’ve done all this without ever parroting the piety of some mega-stars and by doggedly retaining their personal privacy.
as i mentiond at the beginning of the post, the tie-in to the Pet Shop Boys could have been replaced for any number of other artists/creators, although i can see the relevance here.
The Consistency Of Their Genius
In praise of two extraordinary duos: South Park and Pet Shop Boys
MTV
MTV | Homepage - Shows & Schedules
MTV brings viewers the best in lifestyle and competition reality shows, plus live events featuring the biggest names in entertainment.
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more about the creators of South Park \ stacker news ~culture
i liked the author's point about anti-celebrities, or people whose works precede their personalities. there are many other examples one could have ...
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[newsletter] The Recurring Raccoon ii
still haven't gotten rocky on sn, but he keeps publishing his newsletter on ghost.
> # Weekly Ramble
> Rocky had been a teacher for several years, which was not quite long enough that he felt any compulsion to do it deep in the marrow of his bones, like his colleague Pan talked about, but for quite enough time that if he were to suddenly stop, it might cause a mild upset in his mood, particularly because he didn’t like interruptions in the way he goes about his day. After all, the profession is nothing like it would have been prior to the Great Reorientation. _He should feel lucky that he’d been able to keep his job, and should take whatever they were willing to offer him, and should do whatever work they deemed fashionable, and should do it all with great big dumb smile._ But that wouldn’t be an option, not with the way he saw things.\
In fact, Rocky had ‘off-ramp’ planned, but to pull the trigger was another matter.\
At any rate, wearing his orange tinted glasses, blinds drawn in his dim-lighted office, he wrote.
>> _‘There came a point in everyone’s lives, consider it well, where they no longer had to reckon with the comforting dread that shackles the individual to a routine and sedates them with a dose of Protestant work ethic. The carrot is poisoned, and the stick swapped out for bombs. Life suspended mid air like a silk worm swaying in the breeze, yet, everything still seemed to get done. It is hard, devastatingly so, that a warrior should be asked to lay down his sword, even when he is promised a life of luxury. Even harder is it for the average bloke, whose life will not include the luxury of a battle-hardened hero, but the dread and weight of a life he never planned nor imagined.’_
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