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This season, South Park has drawn attention for repeatedly targeting President Donald Trump and his administration. In an interview with The New York Times, however, co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker clarified that this wasn’t intentional, but rather a byproduct of the times.

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago

Hard to disagree when official White House accounts go around shitposting and officials are calling journalists "your momma".

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

What a cowardly wishy-washy way to say "All art is political, get over it."

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Oh definitely.

They literally canceled their first show this season because they were too cowardly to run it.

I guess the way they memory-hole that is by pretending they’re not just taking the easy shots they’ve always taken.

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Got a source for that claim?

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com -5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Oh sorry, they “just didn’t have time” for the first time in how many seasons? Hours before the episode. Totally believable.

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2025/09/south-park-swiftly-pulled-the-plug-on-wednesdays-episode-hours-before-broadcast-heres-why.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/south-park-abruptly-cancels-wednesday-s-episode/ar-AA1ML2Bg

It was right after the Kirk shooting.

They also cancelled all reruns of an episode where Cartman dressed up like Kirk, according to the Wikipedia article about the shooting.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That wasn't their first show this season

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

S27 was 4eps. We're on S28 now.

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Pennlive article has this quote about what hapoened

"Apparently when you do everything at the last minute sometimes you don’t get it done,” an Instagram post said. “This one’s on us. We didn’t get it done in time."

Doesn't sound like being cowards to me. And if I recall correctly, this definitely wasn't the first time an episode was delayed. Don't know why you think that.

(Can't open the MSN link for some reason. Firefox refuses to open it for me)

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That portrait in the back is gold. I added a magat hat and made it a sticker i can use in texts conveniently