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Red: South Park as a TV show is something I've always found incredibly hit or miss. I've never really watched more than scattered episodes, but they are usually either really funny and entertaining, or dumb and crude to the point you feel like someone with no real sense of humor is wasting your time. This movie plays both sides of that coin but stays mostly in the positive direction. Most of the songs are actually surprisingly somewhat catchy, and even sometimes hilariously so(I've always found Blame Canada to be pretty great). I ranked most of the crude movies pretty low, but South Park manages to be crude but in a way that is honestly way more intelligent than the others. I don't feel like my brain has to be shut off to find the jokes funny, and it actually has somewhat of a plot to it without often trailing off into pure stupidity.

Karo: The South Park kids go to see the new movie of their favorite Canadian cartoon Terrence & Phillip, which for some reason has gone straight from being a juvenile show about repetitive fart jokes into this profanity-laden thing where everyone sings about non-consensual incest.
The parents are not amused at the expanded vocabulary of their children and take the rational and logical step of declaring war on Canada. The boys must find a way to stop the conflict before it causes the gay couple of Satan and Saddam Hussein to escape from hell and bring about the apocalypse. Just your average day in South Park.
This awkward story is augmented by hilariously offensive musical numbers, which are sadly diminished somewhat by the very weak singing voices of the South Park cast.
Unfortunately, about halfway through the story it bogs down into boring stuff about the army show and rescue attempts that seem to just drag on too far long. The music is honestly the only reason to see the movie as opposed to just watching an episode of the TV series, and guess what, all the good songs are in the first half of the film. Other than a few token (and bad) CGI effects there's not even the slightest increase in production quality from the show. Even in a franchise where the animation is 'intentionally bad' there are still things you can do make it seem like you are taking it to the next level.
This is a rare case where the film adaptation was made in the show's prime rather than after acute creative exhaustion had set in, though with an entire half of the movie being kinda crap, it makes one wonder if it might have been better just to make this a two-part TV episode.

Stifled: For my writeup of Sausage Party, I noted how edgy cartoons can work when done correctly and given proper content. That movie did everything wrong, in my opinion, especially not using the foul language in a worthwhile way. But I also noted how South Park absolutely DID do everything correctly. And now everyone can see why. The amount of things this movie accomplishes is staggering. Its a successful parody of Disney movies while delivering content equal or greater than the originals. Its a satire on helicopter parent paranoia ruining kids lives and even as far as the world. And most importantly, its a lesson on the power of words. Words can either be vicious weapons that alter the course of history, or they can be used to fix the world. Something as silly as a v-chip being inserted into a child for the initial purpose of censorship conveyed so much more to the audience.
Beyond all that thoughtful crap, this is just a hilarious and fun movie. The songs are brilliant. The characters are funny as usual. The few new additions to the cast were pretty great, especially The Mole. My only complaint is

Traviss Opinion: I cant let him watch this! OMG are you kidding me? The kid repeats everything these days. If my grandmother heard him walking around the house singing Shut your fucking face, uncle fucker! she might actually drop dead! We dont want that.
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