South Park (Not Suitable for Children)

Because you may be the center of the joke here. Do you follow "influencers?" Do you hang on every word of a YouTuber or OnlyFans content creator? Do you rely on the latest modern trend, or the opinion of the hottest internet influencer to make decisions in your life?

If your answer if "yes" to any of the above, then you need help. Thankfully, South Park is here to the rescue! If you're a young Millennial or a Gen-Z, or one of the freaks of nature even younger than that, then you're in luck, because with this latest covert episode of South Park, you may be able to break free of your chains of social and digital conformity if you only listen to reason and not your stupid "in-the-loop" high school buddy!

This episode hits the nail on the head. Kids these days are more susceptible to modern trends than any generation before. It might be because they're more stupid, or simply more influenceable because the internet is so sneaky and misleading these days.

Regardless, this episode does what South Park does best: expose the hypocrisies of modern trends, and crosses the line as far as possible while doing so.

If you're a victim of social and digital manipulation, there is hope for you yet. Wake up, wise up, stay in school, stop buying into the latest trends, and BE YOURSELF!!! Oh, and fight bullying!!!

Cred is a sports drink that is all the rage at the kids' school and is a determinant of popularity - the more Cred you have, the more popular you are. Meanwhile, after a teacher at the school is discovered to been posting videos on Only Fans and making large amounts of money from it, Randy Marsh decides to become an Only Fans model.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are in top form in this South Park special. Poking fun at influencers, unhealthy, unnecessary sports drinks, the superficiality of social media and popularity and the stealthy, underhanded marketing to children this special is a great send up of some the blights of our age. Done in their usual biting, over-the-top style this special is hilarious yet powerful and profound.

There are times when it comes close to being repetitive but the plot largely manages to avoid that with some very unpredictable changes of direction.

I think South Park really touched on an important topics of mass social media propaganda. While the episode mostly focuses on children being influenced, while in reality anyone who consumes social media content irregardless of age is being maliciously targeted.

The days of a few major TV companies dominating the narrative for our cultural programing is now long gone, and what we deal with now is a more diffuse and more sinister form of propaganda. Where the audience is now targeted by multiple outlets of information believing that we have an option and a choice to make while in reality social media is still dominated by the same people who controlled the cultural narrative before.

This episode is a cautionary tale not just for parents who want to maintain control over their children but to all of us.

Hindan nimetatud episoodi väga heaks. Aastaid on SP naerutanud mind enda geniaalse lähenemisega huumorile, osutades igapäeva elu valupunktidele, jutustades meile lugusid maast ja merest. Selle eri osaga on Trey ja Matt suutnud tabada kas naelapead või teinud kerge riive sellele, et näidata vaatajatele milleks nad oskuslikud on ning loodan, et nad jätkavad seda teed.

Ma tahaks uskuda, et SP loojad ise endale ka aegajalt meelde tuletavad, et kui uskumatu see on et ühiskonnale selline satiir peale on läinud, ja seda mitte ainult US-s, vaid üle maailma. Hea meel näha kui visioonist saab midagi enamat kui suletud elutöö.

I rate said episode very well. For years, SP has made me laugh with his genius approach to humor, pointing out the pain points of everyday life, telling us stories about land and seas. With this particular episode, Trey and Matt have either hit the nail on the head or made a slight dent in showing viewers what they're capable of, and I hope they continue to do so.

I would like to believe that the creators of SP remind themselves from time to time how incredible it is that society has been affected by the such of satire, not only in the US, but all over the world. Glad to see a vision become something more than a closed life's work.

South Park: Not Suitable For Children is clear proof that the South Park writers are beginning to struggle with these hour long specials. Don't get me wrong, this was an entertaining watch, however the comedic element in this special started to decay half way through before being almost completely lost towards the end, where there are jokes where you're more likely to roll your eyes at them than laugh. There isn't a clear line between the A plot and B plot here as they both link up halfway through the show. The overall message of the show is that Prime Energy and Onlyfans are not suitable for children, and it does so through repetitive jokes that got no more than a chuckle from me, and a plot that would have been better suited for the original show's 20 minute runtime, rather than an hour long special. So if you plan to watch this: expect repetitive jokes and a plot that only makes sense if you understand what they're making fun of.