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South Park Reveals New Post-Credits Scene Too Wild to Show on TV
South Park's newest episode actually had a credits scene that was too wild to show on TV
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Just a heads up, Episode 3 will air August 20, not tonight…
Fans have to wait for the next episode of ‘South Park’ Season 27. Here’s when it comes out
While the second episode of the "South Park" Season 27 aired on Wednesday, Aug. 6, there will not be a new episode this week.
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South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era | Jesse Hassenger
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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MAGA Is Enraged Over ‘South Park’ — And There’s A Reason It’s Getting Under Their Skin
The new season of the animated series has ruffled some feathers. One expert in popular culture points to one glaring reason why.
David Schmid, associate professor of English at the University at Buffalo whose expertise includes popular culture and cultural studies, thinks there’s an explanation for why the current season of the long-running animated series is garnering such strong reactions from the White House and members of the Trump administration:
“Bullies hate being criticized, but they hate being made fun of even more,” he told HuffPost.
“Laughter can be a very effective form of social critique, but what ‘South Park’ does so brilliantly is to go even lower and even cruder than Trump himself!” Schmid continued. “In other words, if Trump mocks his enemies and calls them names, ‘South Park’ goes even harder in this direction, being even more immature, more crude and more insulting. That’s what’s noteworthy about what the show is doing.”
“I think these attacks are a very big deal and a significant cultural moment,” Schmid said. “I think they express and channel the anger and despair that many Americans feel right now and give people a way of venting their frustration and fear. Moreover, the creators of ‘South Park’ have been attacked by just about everyone over the years and so are unlikely to be fazed by the Trump administration’s attacks.”
Schmid said that the first two episodes of Season 27 of “South Park” are a “huge middle finger” to Paramount and the Trump administration, adding that the show’s creators are sending a clear message that they will not be silenced by corporate or political power.
And many critics of the Trump administration are celebrating this approach.
“When the first ‘South Park’ episode criticizing Trump was aired, you could almost hear people saying ‘FINALLY!’” Schmid said. “In other words, unlike the ineffective and overly polite protest and critiques of both politicians and late-night talk show hosts, here was a form of attack that was unabashedly crude, extreme, hilarious, and therefore very, very effective.”