South Park: The Streaming Wars

...that I just watched South Park s**t on its parent company for 48 minutes straight, all the while poking fun at its viewers to continually show up for any content they put out, no matter what service it's on. South Park on Comedy Central is not enough...how about Paramount+ , who is personified by the not-so-subtle "Pi Pi". Most South Park is completely allegorical at this point, which hits or misses. This was a semi-hit with me, the best part is biting the hand that feeds and it just giving them more and more. This was purposefully a sub-par episode - err, "special" - that proves its own point.

It was entertaining enough to see how the plot evolved, but there weren't a lot of laughs. It just felt very light on jokes. The creators continue to focus on Randy and Tegridy weed, as well as rehashing ManBearPig, both of which have gotten tiring. If you're a South Park fan, you'll probably still enjoy it, but don't expect nonstop laughter. The "streaming" play on words had a chance to be funny, but they didn't really utilize it well. All in all, I laughed exactly twice. A far cry from South Park's prime.

I just didn't love this. I'm not sure why it needed to be a special instead of just an episode.

Frankly, I'm sick of Tegridy Farms. I'm actually kind of sick of Randy being such a prominent character. I miss Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny being the main characters. That's what the whole show was. And I like Randy, but there's nothing new being presented to the viewer. Just more of the same old stuff.

This just didn't have many laughs at all.

I was so excited to see it, but was disappointed.

Honestly, one of the most snooze-fest South Park outings I think I've ever been on.

Feels like a script they wrote a couple of years ago with outdated jokes like "Karen" and forgot to add in any laughs.

Nothing edgy, nothing particularly witty and the so-called satire in this episode seems more geared toward TV executives than at regular joes like me watching the show.

They were doing good with the new episodes, but this "special" seemed unnecessary and pointless. These hour long shows drag out, the jokes are much less punchy because they need to be stretched out and by the 45th minute they've gone stale.

Got absolutely nothing out of the characters/boys either which is weird. I don't mind the Randy's Farm storylines but they have to land and this one didn't.

The streaming wars "analogy" just... isn't very funny? But it was nice to a-see a-Pi-Pi again, I'll give 'em that! Get back to the episodes I say.

Yes, South Park has always been satiric. Fine. But the focus over the last few seasons has shifted from the core of Kenny, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman (and Butters) to Randy, Tegridy Farms, PC Principal, blah...blah...blah. I like good satire, but they have drained the storylines for all they are worth. Remember Jared beating a dead horse in Season 6? We are now at that point. Shift the focus back to the kids. Please....