> But in South Park, "the real world" is completely obscured by
> the feces

Actually, SP is quite a bit less pooey lately. In the past even *I've*
thought "eeuuww" at a couple of scenes, and that takes a bit of
doing, let me tell you. But I think what's an important point is that
the underlying messages in the episodes ARE discussed in the forums,
so SP has achieved its goal in that respect

It really is a vehicle for presenting issues to a generation (or some
members thereof) that isn't interested in issues, or has no other show
catering to them in that regard, although on the face of it, of course,
SP would appear to be just gross humour

By the same token -

A local (with an exceedingly small audience) music channel has
started using a topless woman to read the news. The claim by
the station's "artistic director" is that it will get music-heads to
see news bulletins that they otherwise wouldn't watch on main-
stream channels

I doubt it

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