Trey Parker says South Park's political tone isn't intentional, but rather that “politics became pop culture” under the Trump administration.

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.

  • Ex Nummis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    5 months ago

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

    • calliopeEnglish
      112·
      5 months ago

      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.

        • calliopeEnglish
          510·
          5 months ago

          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.

          • MrQuallzin@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            5 months ago

            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)

            • calliopeEnglish
              212·
              5 months ago

              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

              • MrQuallzin@lemmy.worldEnglish
                61·
                5 months ago

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

                • calliopeEnglish
                  112·
                  5 months ago

                  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.