If you’re a fan of South Park, sound the alarms, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are trying to kill it. Their reasoning for wanting to do this, however, is easily one of the best reasons to want to cancel such an incredible show.
The Simpsons, a show that has been running for 30 seasons, died around Season 10, and the producers have been beating this dead horse of a show for upwards of 20 years. Even the most die-hard fans agree. South Park has been running for 22 seasons, and is still putting out good episodes. The show intensified its political approach ever since the infamous 2016 election.
Political comedy is often dated and becomes a product of its time. The older seasons of the South Park are timeless, who could ever forget when Eric Cartman fed Scott Tenorman human chili (made from the remains of his parents)? But when the jokes become a consistent, unrelenting barrage of “Hah, (insert political party) is stupid,” it becomes stale, and a reminder of all the controversies that came from that time.
This season’s plot revolves around the concept of desensitization and how stale these kinds of talks and jokes quickly become.
One of their most jaw-dropping stunts is being performed this season, is that almost every episode begins with South Park’s elementary school being shot up. The camera then pans to the actual beginning of the episode.
The first episode took place during multiple school shootings. In this episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone express their disdain for the apathetic public through Sharon, the mother of one of the four main characters. Sharon who wonders that no one is bothered anymore, no one cares about what people raising awareness say, even though they should be. Ultimately it feels as if Parker and Stone are saying that they are failing to shock people and make controversial content. The overabundance of these tragic events leads to the creation of silence for these subjects.
This may the call for South Park’s cancellation. In a world full of daily terror attacks, rising death tolls due to violence and drugs, can Stone and Parker continue to do their job and make people’s jaw drop, or will they end up being like shows such as SNL whose political skits aren’t even trying to be funny because the world we live in today is more ridiculous than a piece of poop in a Christmas hat. #cancelsouthpark
The Simpsons, a show that has been running for 30 seasons, died around Season 10, and the producers have been beating this dead horse of a show for upwards of 20 years. Even the most die-hard fans agree. South Park has been running for 22 seasons, and is still putting out good episodes. The show intensified its political approach ever since the infamous 2016 election.
Political comedy is often dated and becomes a product of its time. The older seasons of the South Park are timeless, who could ever forget when Eric Cartman fed Scott Tenorman human chili (made from the remains of his parents)? But when the jokes become a consistent, unrelenting barrage of “Hah, (insert political party) is stupid,” it becomes stale, and a reminder of all the controversies that came from that time.
This season’s plot revolves around the concept of desensitization and how stale these kinds of talks and jokes quickly become.
One of their most jaw-dropping stunts is being performed this season, is that almost every episode begins with South Park’s elementary school being shot up. The camera then pans to the actual beginning of the episode.
The first episode took place during multiple school shootings. In this episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone express their disdain for the apathetic public through Sharon, the mother of one of the four main characters. Sharon who wonders that no one is bothered anymore, no one cares about what people raising awareness say, even though they should be. Ultimately it feels as if Parker and Stone are saying that they are failing to shock people and make controversial content. The overabundance of these tragic events leads to the creation of silence for these subjects.
This may the call for South Park’s cancellation. In a world full of daily terror attacks, rising death tolls due to violence and drugs, can Stone and Parker continue to do their job and make people’s jaw drop, or will they end up being like shows such as SNL whose political skits aren’t even trying to be funny because the world we live in today is more ridiculous than a piece of poop in a Christmas hat. #cancelsouthpark