http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/16362/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/philosophers-and-south-park <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/l-brent-bozell-iii">L. Brent Bozell III</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >From time to time we hear about zany professors of popular culture using their academic credentials to elevate the most aggressively offensive and potty-mouthed TV shows into the Great Works of Western Civilization. What causes these bookworms in academe to slither around trying to intellectualize our cultural rubbish? It's like getting a Master's degree in restroom graffiti. Can you really compare <em><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">South</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place></em> to Socrates?  </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/philosophers-and-south-park" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture EndicottCollege ProfessorWilliamW.YoungIII SouthPark Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0000 admin 27879 at http://archive2.mrc.org