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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day ago

South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era

www.theguardian.com

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South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era

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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era | Jesse Hassenger
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This season of the long-running animated sitcom has aimed its ire at the cruelty and stupidity of an administration others have found hard to successfully ridicule
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  • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
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    2 funny ass episodes this year. Y’all gotta watch 'em some how! Arrrrrrrrrrr!

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    How could you even compare South Park to the Simpsons?

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

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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    As a Canadian, the moment they went to paramount, the show was basically done. It disappeared from syndication and every other platform. And after all the tegridy farms stuff, I got bored of the show.

    This trump stuff is the only South Park I’ve seen in years

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    Aw come on, guy?

  • NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
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    Go watch Andor

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    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.

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    How long until Trump outlaws it?

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      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.

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        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.

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        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.

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

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        Don’t worry, they’re rich.

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

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        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

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    Trump made South Park more relevant.

    • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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      Seems like every time a Republican is in office SP gets better.

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        I just want Stephen colbert to bring back the colbert report

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          Didn’t Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report die? I thought Stephen Colbert of Late Night tried to bring that Stephen Colbert in for a segment and Viacom threw a hissy fit.

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            Parody the parody 🤷‍♂️

            Stephen colbert?

            Noooo. Stephan Colbert. Hard t.

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            Maybe now that they’re canceling him he can bring it back. Unless Paramount owns it through Comedy Central even after all these years…

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        Kind of waiting for punk music to do it’s things.

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          If only Justin Sane didn’t turn out to be a POS. Could really use Anti-Flag right about now.

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          Seriously though, where is the punk resurgence from the Bush era?

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            Soon as he got too big, it would be co-opted by another music genre mixed in by a music company demanding a different change to the sound

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        The first seasons that had ongoing story arcs were great IMO. But I’m also someone who hates/hated early south park.

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    Can I watch the new season on SouthPark.com or is it only on shit-ass Paramount+? Cuz that app has literally never worked for me.

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      Just pirate it. Parker and Stone already got paid $1.5 Billion to put their show on Paramount+

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      I typically find it via alternative distribution at fmhy.net

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        My only other alternative to the official SP site would be piracy. The website is only slightly more convenient as I wouldn’t have to download it before watching.

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          Fmhy stands for “free media heck yeah” and MIGHT have links to places where you could pirate it without having to download first.

          Of course, I could not confirm anything of the sort in a .world community, in that purely hypothetical scenario.

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            Stupid .world

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      I recommend the Stemio app. It’s free.

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      It’s on Fandango

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      https://nunflix.app/tv/2190

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      it is on comedy central if you have that channel (you may need to watch live or record it though)

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    deleted by creator

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

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      I thought the ChatGPT stuff was brilliant.

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      Relax, guy

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        I’m not your guy, pal

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          He’s not your pal, buddy!

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            He’s not your buddy, guy!

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              He’s not your guy, fwend!

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

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      This is the wrongest option I have ever seen

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        i can respect that

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      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.

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      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.

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

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