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Trey Parker Says South Park Didn't Get Political, But "Politics Became Pop Culture"
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It was always political. But I dont think it was always primarily about politics. Like, back in the day episodes wouldn't be interconnected with each other. And not all episodes would tackle any sort of political agenda. Only during presidential run of 2015-2016 South park became pretty much all politics.
I remember hearing an interview where Trey Parker said that Trump began to steal the show, occupying majority of the story and that Trey and Matt hated it and got tired of Trump. They also promised not to become serialized after that.