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‘South Park’ Creators Break Silence on Lawsuit Threats After Harry and Meghan Episode [Only Right Wingers Sue Them]
New York Post ^ | February 23 | Samantha Ibrahim

Posted on 02/23/2023 12:40:29 PM PST by nickcarraway

“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have broken their silence amid the show’s recent mocking of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

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The showrunners ignited a firestorm of controversy after parodying a privacy-seeking ex-royal couple from Canada in the Feb. 15 episode entitled “The Worldwide Privacy Tour.” The cartoon characters — who claim to want to stay out of the spotlight, but instead go on various talk shows — bore a likeness to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who are famously non-private as demonstrated by their Netflix series and Harry’s memoir, “Spare.”

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“It was all coming from the right, we were considered counterculture,” the animators said. “The Catholic League are always on our a-s — it kind of always came from that side.”

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To: 11th_VA

I love watching SP. the thing is…even when they are attacking something you like, it’s funny. Funny is what matters in cartoons.


21 posted on 02/23/2023 7:15:48 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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Update...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle savagely mocked by Family Guy months after South Park Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were brutally mocked in an episode of South Park earlier this year, and now Family Guy appears to be taking a pop at the former royal couple.

Anyone else starting to wonder if the Harkles are being herded...

22 posted on 10/24/2023 12:33:27 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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