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South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 75 points 4 months ago

Matt and Trey are killing it this season. And the best part is they own the IP so they can tell Paramount/Skydance to go fuck themselves at their leisure.

[-] djvinniev77@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago

Aw come on, guy?

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago

How long until Trump outlaws it?

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 months ago

He doesn’t have to. Someone at some point will preemptively comply. Most of what’s happening in the US now isn’t anyone being compelled by law- it’s a bunch of cowards bending over and submissively obeying what they assume Trump may well want them to do.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

I've been predicting since the election that sooner or later, Disney and Netflix are gonna purge all their LGBT content. I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. Good thing Trump doesn't care about movies and TV as much as I do.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Also a huge Trump ally is going to be the owner of Paramount Global, the company that owns Comedy Central. It’s probably why Parker and Stone have decided to satirize Trump this time, unlike during Trump’s first term.

[-] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

More like how long until the creators are jailed in gitmo.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

Don't worry, they're rich.

The class war supercedes the others. Wealth wins in this shitty world.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

I don't watch South Park but I do watch CNN's Have I Got News For You and I'm very worried for the stars of that show

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 15 points 4 months ago

How could you even compare South Park to the Simpsons?

The Simpsons is sometimes political. South Park is always highly political.

[-] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Go watch Andor

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 months ago

as much as i enjoy their feud with streaming services and trump, i find the new stuff to be remarkably unfunny

[-] late_night@sopuli.xyz 26 points 4 months ago

Relax, guy

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I'm relaxed!! I was just disappointed :(

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 8 points 4 months ago

I thought the ChatGPT stuff was brilliant.

[-] sausager@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

This is the wrongest option I have ever seen

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

i can respect that

[-] wheezy@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I agree. Ironically it's hitting hard with a lot people that stopped watching it and came back for the Trump stuff.

The ironic part being that it's funny to people because of nostalgia and not really the jokes I think. Because it's really fucking lazy imo. Like, is the Sadam/Satan and using that voice anything but just trying to hit the "remember this" really hard? Its not creative or really making a point. Though people try to act like it is.

South Parks previous mockery with the 'member berries could literally be used to criticize how a lot of liberals are taking "comfort" in it. Seeing it as a "this too shall pass" and that we'll somehow return to normal in 2028 or something.

I have no problems with people that enjoy it. But it's not funny to me AND i see it not moving the needle at all in getting people to do anything to resist these fascist. So I really can't appreciate it on literally the two things people act like it's doing.

[-] Narwhalrus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I agree, though I'm not yet sure if it's the show being different than it was a decade or so ago or me being different.

[-] dickalan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

The first two kind of sucked, but this third one about ChatGPT kind of ruled

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

2 funny ass episodes this year. Y'all gotta watch 'em some how! Arrrrrrrrrrr!

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