I was just on Youtube looking for a clip of Cartman saying ‘Respect my authority’ for the entry I posted earlier, and I quite randomly came across this rather interesting video about disability representation in South Park. It’s only twenty minutes long, but it goes into quite a bit of depth: despite it’s reputation for vulgarity, South Park was actually quite progressive in terms of it’s representation of minorities, including people with disabilities. Yes, it took the piss, but it took the piss out of everyone; and when you actually examine how people with disabilities were represented in South Park, it is actually quite cool, and indeed intelligent. It was unafraid to say things and expose truths which other programs may have shied away from.