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ICYMI - Why a Cartoon Gets Away With What Actors Can't
Adult cartoon satire gets a full breakdown from TV critic Bill Brioux, who explains why a two-dimensional character saying something outrageous lands so differently than a real person saying the same thing.
Bill walks through the mechanics behind South Park's staying power, the paper cutout animation process that lets Trey Parker and Matt Stone react to a news story within days, and why that speed keeps people tuning in every season just to see if the show can still shock.
The conversation also covers how The Simpsons, despite running over eight hundred episodes, has lost some of its old…
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