"Broadway Bro Down" | |
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South Park episode | |
Episode no. | Season 15 Episode 11 |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker Robert Lopez (uncredited) |
Production code | 1511 |
Original air date | October 26, 2011 |
"Broadway Bro Down" is the eleventh episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 220th episode overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 26, 2011. In the episode, Randy discovers that musicals contain subtext that encourage women to give oral sex, meanwhile Shelly starts dating the vegan kid.
The episode was written by Trey Parker and Robert Lopez as an uncredited writer, who previously worked with Parker and Matt Stone on the Tony Award-winning musical, The Book of Mormon. This episode is rated TV-MA-LS in the United States.
Randy hears from his male co-workers that taking women to Broadway shows sexually arouses them into performing oral sex. Randy takes Sharon to Denver to see Wicked, but is confused and unimpressed with the lack of overt sexuality. He is informed by a fellow theatergoer at the theater's bar that women are aroused not by the production's explicit sexuality, but by its subtext. When Randy returns to the auditorium, he now hears the actors underhandedly referencing blowjobs frequently in the songs' lyrics. On the ride home Sharon performs fellatio on him, and as a result, Randy decides to take her to New York City to see all the Broadway shows, leaving Stan and Shelley with the Feegans, South Park's resident life-preserver wearing vegans. During their dinner with the Feegans, Shelly gets into a confrontation with Mr. Feegan over letting his son Larry decide for himself if he wants to be a vegan. This results in Larry developing greater confidence, falling in love with Shelly, and abandoning his life preserver.