Sickofancy

In this one Stan's father has lost a lot of his employees because of the ICE raids. So he goes on Chat GPT for some new ideas. Oh, and we also see the President get gifts and there are more jokes about his...well, you know. Not as hilarious as the last two eps of "South Park" but I still get some good laughs out of this one. Oh, and Satan really isn't enjoying himself here, is he?

3 episodes so far and and no Kyle, no Stan, no Kenny and very little Cartman. The stories used to be around these loveable characters, now its all about Trump...We get it Trump is doing crazy things, but 3 episodes to just exaggerate what he is actually doing irl is actually boring and shows luck of imagination from the creators.

Its amazing how we have normalized the mobilization of troops within our own cities against the populace. I dont believe anyone is frightened by the images of troops being mobilized in our capitol, as if practicing for coup. You train your troops for the mission they will be tasked with, so whats the mission of troops being trained in the streets of the capitol? Whatever the reason, its a dangerous game playing with a double edge sword so close to the neck.

Im glad there are those who resist the self-censorship being imposed on the for-profit corporations by the government, in the interest of its allies and partnered corporations.

Im glad south park exists, there is only so much that can be said in 20ish minutes after all, but i feel they do move the needle, even if just a bit.

This one took a bit to come out and it was disappointing, I saw a good comment saying how they miss when the boys would just get into stupid stuff and I agree now, this episode was the most boring out of the previous episodes so far and nothing really happened. It was just the farm is failing and just the marsh family, the same thing we have seen for the past 2 seasons, also they re used a lot of the jokes from the last 2 episodes. I won't do any spoilers because this episode was painful to sit through and I'll just leave it at that.

While the series is still hard-hitting, this season feels slightly misdirected. It seems to aim at targeting the powers that be, which is a fair target. But satirical humor works best when it confronts self-righteousness, hypocrisy, or corruption, by exposing double standards, double downs, or attempts to silence criticism. That's where satire finds its purpose: holding a mirror to the absurdities of those who think they're above reproach. When it doesn't resonate with reality, it just becomes poop-slinging, which is boring, and what's left veers into the bizarre. Humorless partisans, however, often applaud these efforts - praising the target, the message, or the outrage, without caring much about the quality. As evidenced by many other reviews, it's just dishonest.

So far, this has been one of the weakest seasons, which ironically underscores just how great a show South Park is, because I'd still recommend watching it. It's funny 🙂