South Park is a mature audience animated television series created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Distributed by and airing on Comedy Central since 1997, it follows the adventures of four grade-school boys who live in the small town of South Park, Colorado and depicted in seemingly crude-looking animation. South Park satirizes (sometimes surreally) many aspects of American culture and current events, and challenges deep-seated convictions and taboos, usually using parody and dark humor.
The show is credited for its characteristically blunt handling of current events. For example, an episode involving the repatriation of Romanian quintuplets, aired during the Elián González issue, depicted Janet Reno, then U.S. Attorney General, as a murderous Easter Bunny. An episode that aired after the September 11, 2001 attacks had the boys stow away on a military transport to Afghanistan, where they encounter Osama bin Laden....
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