A new season of South Park, and they're talking about Tiger Woods? What could be better?I knew someone was gonna run with this one, but the team at South Park really out did themselves on this one.
Not a month after Tiger's speech, in which he was obviously angered by the accusations of assault against his wife Elin, South Park blatantly reenacts this scenario. Yeah, it was portrayed as part of a video game but still, have some respect for the man.
I'm not gonna lie, I found the episode hilarious, however I feel like South Park's portrayal of the events of Thanksgiving night to be a little disrespectful to the Woods family. Sure, I have no problem with making fun of Tiger's "sex addiction," which in my opinion is a bit ridiculous in itself. You can even reenact his affairs and everything. That would all be funny and good, but don't bring a matter that Tiger himself specifically addressed in his statement, especially because he was very obviously upset about the issue. Bottom line, people don't like lies about them to be spread. The possibility of Elin assaulting Tiger is all speculation, this topis was out of bounds for Saturday Night Live, it should be out of bounds for South Park too.
Don't get me wrong, I love the show, I just feel they went over the top with this one. The rest of the episode was well done, their commentary of "sex addiction" was spot on. We as a culture are very quick to point the finger at the tabloid affairs and divorces, however we are scared to look in the mirror. We have to come to grips with the facts that the American culture is a sexual one. Whether it's advertising, television, movies, or music, we are bombarded by sexual images, but yet we want to go and criticize celebrities for their infidelity, when we can't even own up to our own. Thank you South Park for shedding light on this issue.
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