Posted on 07/07/2017 5:31:17 PM PDT by Helicondelta
South Park creator Trey Parker says his subversive show wont feature too many Trump-themed gags in its upcoming season, a deliberate effort to avoid becoming a cable news show disguised as an animated comedy.
Parker told the Los Angeles Times that he never intended South Park, now entering its 20th year, to be a show that obsesses over every political controversy of the moment, which today usually involves the presidents latest tweet.
We did start to become that, though, especially the last season, he said. We fell into the same trap that Saturday Night Live fell into, where it was like, Dude, were just becoming CNN now. Were becoming, Tune in to see what were going to say about Trump. Matt [co-creator Matt Stone] and I hated it but we got stuck in it somehow.
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Nobody wants to be “another CNN”. LOL!
South Park has a reputation of credibility to protect.
They can’t let that fall into the toilet with the likes of CNN.
You hate it..?
Why..?
You hate to abstain from GROUP THINK..?
Sure Mr Garrison got elected unexpectedly and their plans were ruined. What now? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Garrison#Presidential_campaign_and_presidency
You really suck when South Park doesn’t want to be associated with you.
South Park doesn’t claim to be news. They also have done their fair share of hits on stupid leftist ideas and celebrities. (See: ManBearPig)
My half brother grew up with these guys. They’re libertarians.
Such a shame. I would think that Trump would understand.
They really took a DIG at CNN...essentially calling CNN an entertainment network with nothing more than a hate-filled OBSESSION with Trump.
LMAO, CNN is becoming a pariah even within its own libtard universe!!!
They hated being IN the group think.
So what this means is only half the ten episodes will be hardcore trump bashing.
Last season sucked the worst. This one topic for the entire season thing just does not work well for them.
Simply out, they have Simpsoned out. Best days are behind them.
CNN - the “Theon Grayjoy” of broadcast media
They never went after obama
Their best stuff was long ago, manbearpig is over 10 years ago. They were more able to rag on the hypocrisy of the left but their current thing of stringing all episodes on a central theme really is awful.
And btw i am watching sp while i reply, on streaming internet, the good episodes from years ago.
The meme offensive is working.
The one or two times they did, it was either portraying him positively, or the few negative times it was a character of a duck as president. Mooch was always portrayed positively.
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