South-Park: na interpretação crítica do medo do terrorismo à Guerra ao Terror, entre 2001 e 2007

Abstract

The following monograph aims to analyze how terrorism, the "war on terror," and their implications were addressed by the South Park program between 2001 and 2007. South Park is a comedic animated television show created in 1997 in the United States that achieved great worldwide success, primarily due to its irreverent and critical style in relation to the American Way of Life. The program's satirical critiques have always referenced the major contemporary events in the United States, and following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the show frequently tackled issues related to terrorism, the "war on terror," and its impacts on American society. Var-ious elements of the "war on terror" context, such as widespread fear, the bellicose and imperi-alistic actions of the U.S. government in the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, the expansion of the state's repressive apparatus, the absurd narratives used to justify government actions, and the consequences of this atmosphere on society, were captured in the program's comedic produc-tions, particularly in the years 2006 and 2007 when the show produced a series of episodes with terrorism as the main theme.