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Trey Parker Says South Park Didn't Get Political, But "Politics Became Pop Culture" (consequence.net)
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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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[–] 27 points 1 year ago

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

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    [–] 26 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

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

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (10 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Got a source for that claim?

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 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)

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  • [+] -10 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Sure buddy! Keep defending them, they need you

    It’s weird what you all do for famous people. “How dare you call these comedians cowards! South Park is my life!” Yeesh

    Literally can’t imagine simping this hard for cartoon creators but there are plenty of you

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's weird how you're giving crap to a show/its creators and calling them cowards for... Missing a deadline.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I swear to god. Everyone from lemmy.world is an idiot. If I could block all of you I would.

    You’re not even trying not to be an idiot. Please go away.

    “Won’t anyone think of the South Park creators? :( :( :(“

    These fandoms are pathetic. You can’t talk about anything without a superfan coming out of the woodwork to defend their heroes.

    Every time, like clockwork.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I'm not defending their actions, merely criticizing yours. If they've actually done something worth criticizing then I'm all ears, but even that article you posted doesn't support your claims of them being cowards.

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    • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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    [+] -6 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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