South Park With Apologies to Jesse Jackson Review

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"I know it, only I don't think I should say it."

Original air appointment: 3/vii/2007

Randy accidentally uses the Northward-discussion on Wheel of Fortune, leading to widespread public outrage. Stan and Token argue over the word and Randy'southward use. Meanwhile, a dwarf has a difficult time trying to teach Cartman to be sensitive.

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Tropes:

• An Aesop: Even existence accidentally racist can be merely every bit serious as being intentionally racist.
• Creative License – Film Production: Bike of Fortune is really non broadcast live as is depicted in this episode. If a similar incident occurred during taping of an episode, information technology would never make information technology to air.
• Bait-and-Switch: The puzzle category was "People Who Annoy You" and N_GGERS was filled out. The answer was "naggers".
• Boomerang Bigot: Parodied. At i point Randy is harassed by a trio of hillbillies who hate bigoted white people.
• Captain Oblivious: Pat Sajak and Vanna White are seemingly the only people in the Bicycle of Fortune studio who aren't aware of how N_GGERS might exist interpreted, until Randy comes out with the North-discussion.
• Catchphrase: "Words are similar bullets", Dr. Nelson says this everytime he tries to make a betoken about verbal corruption.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: This is 1 of the few times if not simply fourth dimension that Cartman ever won in a physical fight despite that Dr. Nelson attacks him once he drops his baby-sit.
• Expiry Glare: All the black people in the Wheel of Fortune audience (and the cameraman) requite one to Randy when N_GGERS is on the board, clearly knowing what Randy is thinking virtually.
• Does This Remind Y'all of Anything?: The episode largely consists of Randy being treated like an African American living in the southern US before the Ceremonious Rights Motion took off, consummate with having to abscond from roving bands of rednecks who "don't take kindly" to people who aren't tolerant of other races.
• The Dog Bites Back: Butters is among those who call Cartman a 'fatso' on the insistence of Dr. Nelson, which is plumbing fixtures since Cartman regularly bullies and manipulates him.
• Double Standard:
  • The episode hypothesizes that, while the use and implications of the Northward-word is a hot topic of debate, a similar discussion to draw white people would immediately exist fabricated illegal.
  • As noted above, the episode compares the social reaction to prejudice against blacks, to prejudice against other groups, and shows the hypocrisy in public response being outrage vs. indifference.
• Hands Forgiven: Once Stan finally realizes that he'll never exist able to fully understand what the N-discussion ways to black people and admits so to Token, Token reconciles with him. Justifiable, as Token was never really that mad with Stan in the commencement place, and only got bellyaching when Stan started trying to downplay Randy's actions and then brand spurious comparisons to other situations.
• Confront Palm: Sharon and Stan do this in the car ride home, and for good reason:

  Sharon: I tin can't believe you said the N-word on national television!

• Ignored Epiphany: Dr. Nelson's attempts to show Cartman how information technology feels to be mocked for your advent all fail for this reason; Cartman follows along for most of the attempt, merely every fourth dimension he gets to the "and that's why you shouldn't do that" part, he merely starts laughing.
• Informed Aspect: Acording to Kyle, Dr. Nelson has a black chugalug in karate, but he's quickly overpowered by Cartman. And it doesn't help that Cartman is an overweight kid with next to no fighting experience who wasn't even taking the fight seriously.
• Innocently Insensitive: How Stan comes off to Token throughout the episode. Stan was trying as well hard to get Token'south amends, and so switched gears to telling him that what Randy did was "no large deal" and that Token should "forget about information technology" when Token seemingly underreacted to Randy'southward comment.
• "It" Is Dehumanizing: Cartman refers to Dr. Nelson equally "it" several times.

  Cartman: (laughing uncontrollably) Alright, who is the freaking genius who dressed it up in lilliputian suspenders?! Clyde, was that you?! (keeps laughing uncontrollably)

• Literal Ass-Kissing: Randy'southward titular apology to Jesse Jackson involves him doing this. It provides the trope'south page prototype.
• Mass "Oh, Crap!": While the blackness people in the Wheel of Fortune audience (and the cameraman) requite a Death Glare to Randy when N_GGERS is on the board, the white people (especially Randy'due south family) have this expression on their faces at the same time.
• Moral Myopia: Cartman continually mocks a short person who came to speak at his schoolhouse, laughing raucously throughout, just when this person gets Cartman'south classmates to call him 'fatso', he immediately flies off the handle in a rage.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed:
  • The comedian at the club was clearly based on Chris Rock.
  • Dr. Nelson was conspicuously modeled after Warwick Davis. His voice fifty-fifty sounds similar.
• Not-Standard Character Design: Jesse Jackson has completely round eyes instead of the usual oval shaped ones.
• One time Done, Never Forgotten: Randy never lives down his reputation every bit the guy who said the N-word on national boob tube.
• Oh, Crap!: Anybody (including Randy himself) has this reaction upon Randy saying the North-Word.

  Randy: Oh, naggers. Of course, naggers. Right.

• Pyrrhic Victory: Dr. Nelson gets the drib on Cartman by sucker-punching him off his feet at the cease and declaring that he's fabricated his point. He hasn't though; he still hasn't gotten through to Cartman, and Cartman technically won the fight confronting Dr. Nelson despite having his back turned and Cartman honestly doesn't care about beingness hit off-guard because he notwithstanding can't stop laughing uncontrollably at Nelson.
• Ripped from the Headlines: The episode's themes of racial slurs came from Michael Richards' infamous on-stage meltdown where he screamed racist obscenities at two black audience members during a stand upwardly prove. Token'south line almost Jesse Jackson non being "the emperor of black people" was actually Trey Parker's reaction to Richards' looking to Jackson for a seal of approval for his public apology.
• Rule of Funny: When operating the Big Lath, the letters appear when Vanna touches them, just the last 1 afterwards Randy blurts out the Northward word, she has to manually turn the block like in the sometime days of Wheel. This is washed for no other reason than information technology's funnier that style.
• Spoof Aesop: Although there is some wisdom to it, Stan's subplot is a lesson that equally a white person in a predominantly white part of the earth, he tin never fully understand how black people feel virtually the N-word.
• Stunned Silence: The audience and presenters of Bike of Fortune are understandably left both speechless and mortified after Randy drops the N-word.
• Take That!:
  • When Stan tells Token that Randy apologized to Jesse Jackson, and then everything is all right, Token angrily tells him that "Jesse Jackson is not the emperor of black people!"

    Stan: ...He told my dad he was.

  • Michael Richards tearfully confesses to Randy that he's "not that good of a comedian" and just used the N-word in an endeavour to get some inexpensive laughs; a stab at both Richards himself, and the thought that just existence offensive for the sake of it is enough to exist considered humorous.
• Trivial Title: Randy's apology to Jesse Jackson was merely one of his many attempts to repair his reputation early on in the episode, resolves basically nothing, and is forgotten about afterwards.

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