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Trey and Matt have always been political. Remember when they ridiculed California for empathetic homelessness policies? Some might even say Team America: World Police may be perceived as political
I guess manbearpig wasnt poltical either.
Don't worry, they did a milquetoast apology episode decades after the original where they mocked Gore!
Are the Manbearpig episodes still in rotation, generating ad revenue?
Once Trump became a very public and very loud cult public ridicule became inevitable.
I wonder if the dumbest members of society will fly Trump flags in 100 years just like they fly confederate flags now.
It’s aBoUt hOnOrInG OuR HeRiTaGe, Ya gOd dAmN LiBtArD! nOw tElL YoUr sIsTeR-MoThEr tO GrAb mE AnOtHeR BeEr
He will be deified by the poor, conservative-voting folk in the same way that rich conservatives do Reagan.
Flags will likely be a mainstay forever more, even when/once the Epstein Files get released and he is forever-more proven to be a child molester in the public eye.
I doubt Trump flags will last more then a few weeks after he dies. This is assuming he croaks of old age, or a fall or something.
I doubted america would be either stupid or vindictive enough to reelect him a second time... Turns out I was wrong on both counts
Famously non-political South Park episodes:
Black people who complain about racism are the real racists (Chef Goes Nanners, S04E7)
Asking a doctor to do a gender reinforcng operation is the same as asking a doctor to make you black or a dolphin (Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina, S09E1)
Global warming was made up by Al Gore (Multiple, starting with ManBearPig, S10E9)
They also joined in on the War on Christmas narrative with "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo", S01S09.
Also
The Iraq War proves we need to have a balance between pro-war and anti-war (I'm a Little Bit Country, S07E04)
Rainforests should not be preserved and they are the reason developing countries have shantytowns and prostitutes (?????) (Rainforest Shmainforest, S03E01). Before you say that's clearly satire, a quote from wikipedia
Parker and his girlfriend went to Costa Rica and hated the country, and that everything Cartman says about the rainforests and Costa Rica during the episode is how he (Parker) personally feels.
Parker and his girlfriend went to Costa Rica and hated the country
My god, could he be any more American?
wasnt south park alway political, why are conservatives acting like it suddenly became it. whats up with all the conservative comments not knowing what sOUTH park is about.
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.
Gen Xers who've been conditioned to think politics were for losers their whole lives unable to comprehend their own politics well into middle-age.
You act like the "Gen Xers" are all one person. That's just silly.
You're right, they're like three kids of people.
Reading the comments is weird because to me it feels like either people are unaware of the context, or are ignoring it on purpose.
His response was about this season’s unusual targeting of the administration. South Park was always political, but it is unusual for the show to focus so much on the current administration of the US, that’s what he was talking about and asked about.
Maybe he could’ve used different words but to me it’s clear what he meant.
His response was about this season’s unusual targeting of the administration.
It isn't unusual. South Park has dedicated an episode or three to mocking US and foreign politicians, NGOs, and popular figures going back to their first season. This feels like the old "When Did Star Trek Get Political?!" whine.
it is unusual for the show to focus so much on the current administration of the US
That hasn't been true in decades. The episode About Last Night... pillared both '08 presidential hopefuls. A year before that The Snuke bashed Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, a character who has appeared in no less than fifteen episodes. On the flip side, Bush Jr got an appearance in thirteen episodes, starting as early as 2001. And they weren't afraid of taking some deeper cuts, too. FFS, Gary Condit appeared three times.
The early seasons were largely an expression (abet, significantly more abstract relative to any sitting politician) of Matt and Trey's own libertarian brand of politics - including their takes on gay marriage, gun ownership, climate change, drug policy, state censorship, the anti-muslim/pro-war post-9/11 politics. And they tip-toed around naming names until they'd built up a brand.
But to imply the show wasn't critical of contemporary administrative policies, you really need to squeeze your eyes shut and refuse to read some pretty naked allegories and references.
The headline makes it sound outrageous with "get political".
I used to think it's just a reddit thing but now I don't think anyone actually reads the article and instead just argues their interpretation of the article.
South Park wasn't always pop culture either. The best South Park episodes are kids being kids where the scenario is forced to a kid-logic conclusion.
Fun Times with Weapons is the best example of that.
That episodes makes a direct references to the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction earlier that year as well as pointing out the double standard between portraying violence compared to nudity in American culture.
I know what you mean with the kids being kids story, but that episode was referencing pop-culture and was political.
South Park has been political for a quarter century running. Libertarian dipshits don't know what the word means. Nothing they do is politics, because they're the default. Like how they don't have an accent, or an ethnicity. Those are ways other people are being different at them.
Everything is political, and South Park has been one of the most political popular shows. I guess he means it didn't explicitly feature politicians as much.
I think it’s a little bit of both
nothing says not political like making an entirely new character called "starvin' marvin" to mock food inequality and famine in african countries.
South park has always been political. Fucking idiots
