Philosophy of Animation: Tex Avery and South Park | Video Essay
7One of my favorite classes I ever took in college was an animation course called The Animated Film as Text where I learned about the birth of the art form through the present day. This was my final paper for that class where I compared similar techniques revolving around philosophy, film theory (discussing hauntology, reflexivity, and shock factor particularly), and how ideals are best expressed in the animated world using the work of acclaimed WB animator, Tex Avery, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone's controversial show, South Park as examples.
Forgive the quality of some of the clips - had to go quite far back for a few of them. I also noticed a couple audio blips after uploading - not sure what happened there, sorry about that! Also, we're obviously talking about South Park, so viewer discretion is advised.
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South Park Philosophy book: https://a.co/2CgIiVh
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Psychic icon: https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/oracle" title="oracle icons" created by AbtoCreative - Flaticon
Hauntology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauntology
Reflexive films: https://mubi.com/lists/self-reflecting-films
Outro music by LuKremBo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_CoV8fKMKM
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Works Cited:
1) Young, Willie. The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosopah!; chapter "Flatulance and Philosophy". John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2 Aug 2013. Online.
2) Avery, Tex. "Blitz Wolf". Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 22 Aug 1942. Television.
3) Parker, Trey; Stone, Matt. South Park; episode "Chinpokemon". Braniff: Comedy Central, 2 Nov 1999. Television.
4) Parker, Trey; Stone, Matt. South Park; episode "The Simpsons Already Did It". Braniff: Comedy Central, 26 June 2002. Television.
5) Parker, Trey; Stone, Matt. South Park; episode "Stunning and Brave". Comedy Central, 16 September 2015. Television.
6) Parker, Trey; Stone, Matt. South Park; episode "World War Zimmerman". Comedy Central, 9 Oct 2013. Television.
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