The Face of Hate

Cullen has done a good job highlighting characters and situations in television which have essentially been game changing. Lucy and Archie were clearly groundbreaking characters in both their presentation and content of character.
Yet, today, despite all of the big revolutions preceeding it, South Park is responsible for quite possibly the largest taboo breaker ever.

Eric Cartman:


Cartman has ushered onto the screens incredibly ludicrous ideology which is fueled by a hatred that he doesn’t even attempt to hide. Not one little bit. Perhaps that’s what makes him such a gamechanging character. Eric Cartman has never apologized for his ideas no matter how racist and horrible they are.

Cartman is still routinely punished for his ideas and the in doing so South Park shows that it doesn’t stand behind the hate presented within their characters but if we’re talking about truly groundbreaking content, Eric Cartman, the boy who attempted to literally kill every hippy on the planet has got to be your guy.

Nobody on the show likes Cartman, they all openly admit to hating him and this doesn’t seem to bother Cartman at all, he instead chooses to selectively listen to his friends and spin everything they say into oblivion.

He is maniacal, delusional, and 100% nuts but he is perhaps one of the greatest sources of humor on television and it’s because his character is never in on the joke. We can always laugh at Cartman, and we never have to worry about his feelings.