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[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I might come out looking like a trump supporter and I am not and I'm also not an American. But I heard the show is a political satire so do they also make fun of biden every now and then? I saw some funny clips of the show about AI and thats it.

I know I'm gonna get downvoted but I want to clarify I'm just asking this cause they can have some content with that too. It's not like America has only 1 problem to make fun of. I read the article and it seems like it's more about "paramount" and their statement may just be for funsies. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[–] freeman@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I assume that you havent seen too many episodes and dont know too much about the history on south park. But they are known for making fun of everyone, and not selecting by a agenda. For example there is an episode about: Mormons, Scientology, a whole series of episodes on the "superheroes" around jesus, there is even an episode where a future civilization is fighting over the meaning of "AAA", which is a atheistic alliance (to hint on the idea, that there will still be war, even if religions go extinct).

The fact that they make fun of everyone is one of the reasons they stood so long.

Btw in the 2016 season, which they released weekly during the last months of the election, their portraial of Hillary Clinton is the one of an extraordinaly stupid and incompetent woman, while their Donald Trump doesnt even want to be president.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the insight. So I assume it's like family guy but with better and meaningful cameos. Lately I've been watching too much family guy, it never feels enough, it's so stupid but I'm addicted :(

[–] nte@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They make an episode in a weeks time, there are random episodes, but if they take something out of the news it's news, not history. They are not a political satire series, they pointed out what is wrong in society in general. First time trump was that dumb, it was hard to believe he would really be a serious candidate. They made fun of that, they took it to the top, so, they thought, but the top of their imagination lacks behind the reality we are in now. Biden is old news, trump is the only thing in the media, you can't make satire of trump, there is nothing more to point out.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting insight. I also feel content is stale rn compared to the beginning of the year.