SouthPark does the Schiavo thing

[Skeptic Ginger]

Leave it to SouthPark to unabashedly cover sensitive topics.

Kenny, who else, is in a persistent vegetative state, a tomato to be exact. And of course some want his feeding tube out and some don't.

But God wants him to come to heaven to run the video game fight against Satan so they sort of side with the natural death thing.

The best part is finding Kenny's will that says if he ever was in a PVS he would want.....[highlight to read]

to not be made into a public spectacle.

 

[corplinx]

I'm always up for a good "Last Starfighter" spoof. Unfortunately I was half watching it at first and was caught off guard by them steering it to current events. I should have seen it a mile away (had I not been playing a game while watching out of the corner of my eye).

 

[aerocontrols]

For those who want the full plot summary.

Many spoilers, if you care about South Park spoilers...

 

[Brown]

After two weeks of crappy episodes, this one actually had some merit to it, with lots of satire.

The archangel that likes to sniff marking pens was a nice touch.

One suspects that this was an episode that started off one way and then went another.

 

[LostAngeles]

Leave it to SouthPark to unabashedly cover sensitive topics.

Kenny, who else, is in a persistent vegetative state, a tomato to be exact. And of course some want his feeding tube out and some don't.

But God wants him to come to heaven to run the video game fight against Satan so they sort of side with the natural death thing.

The best part is finding Kenny's will that says if he ever was in a PVS he would want.....[highlight to read]

to not be made into a public spectacle.

Er, actually I think I know where the tomato thing comes from. It's been going around quietly for a while now.

What's the difference between Terri Schivao and a tomato?
A tomato's a fruit.

 

[Grammatron]

Re: Re: SouthPark does the Schiavo thing

Er, actually I think I know where the tomato thing comes from. It's been going around quietly for a while now.

What's the difference between Terri Schivao and a tomato?
A tomato's a fruit.

Damn that's clever, I wonder how many people would get that.

 

[LostAngeles]

The Supreme Court of the United States wouldn't.

 

[gnome]

I found an incredible irony in the montage of Kenny playing the PSP, all kinds of interesting things happening around him, a life full of excitement and pretty girls and he has no interest, he's just staring at the game system.

They did that before in the GameSphere episode, the kids spurned a real-life adventure (the Towelie situation) in favor of gaming. A friend pointed this out to me.