‘South Park’ Uses Anti-maskers, Bitcoin, and Matt Damon in Wild Season 25 Launch

There hasn’t been much to laugh about in the past two years, that’s probably why South Park has been relatively hibernating. Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s animated hit Comedy Central has long rooted its humor out of timely concerns, and while that continues to hold true during the pandemic, it only guides to a special COVID-era quartet, the last part — of November South Park: Post Covid and December follow-up, South Park Post Covid: The return of Covid—Set against a bleak future in which the world is still grappling with a viral epidemic. So when the series finally returns for a proper season (25^order), it remains to be seen how Parker and Stone will tackle our ongoing global nightmare — though at least on the basis of its eagerly anticipated premiere, the film seems like inability to stop pushing the topic buttons.

“Pajama Day” New Beginning South Park run with Kyle, Stan, Cartman and their colorful classmates back to school after a break haunted by “a few distractions.” While it’s not hard to deduce what that refers to, COVID isn’t mentioned publicly once for the next half hour, which is extremely silly. Instead, the center of attention was initially Mr. Garrison, who had his students recount stories of his new love affair with a gray-haired and bearded gentleman named Rick, with whom he often referred to as the “narcissistic psychopath” formerly Marcus. This completely inappropriate story is quickly interrupted by both the arrival of Rick (who finds his presence in the classroom awkward) and the call from Marcus causing the children – who have been Garrison ordered silence – refused. to help back up their teacher’s statements to their ex. Their silence put Mr. Garrison in a state of uneasiness, thus attracting the attention of the PC Principal, who considered the 4th grader’s act of disobedience to be so disrespectful that he did something wrong. idea: he’s stopping the kids from wearing pajamas at the school’s upcoming Pajama Day.

“We keep doing nothing wrong, and we keep getting fucked!” Cartman laments the punishment, and that sentiment is one of the episode’s many thinly veiled allusions to the current state of America. When Wendy asks the PC Principal to reconsider, he counters by claiming that in order to demonstrate strength and leadership, he must hang on to his gun — and then disparage Wendy and friends. her for giving Nazi references just because they didn’t get what they wanted. It wasn’t long before everyone was slandering the PC Principal’s stance as a measure that only a sassy third Reicher could love, including a local TV news reporter who had casually dropped German phrases on his broadcast to wear his SS uniform and shouted at the kids as the band Deutschland played in the background.

Residents of South Park were so outraged by PC Principal’s anti-Pajamas Day actions that they retaliated by openly wearing their pajamas to show support for the kids. As usual South ParkIn particular, this sweeping pajamas movement plays to the tune of a silly cheerful joke — here, a fun children’s song whose lyrics ask “What time is it?” and then replied, “Pajamas time!” However, what began as a collective act of solidarity quickly turned into a frenzy of controversy, as some South Park citizens decided they didn’t want to wear pajamas and vehemently opposed being ridiculed. at work or be denied participation in IHOP, of their choice. Once the police stepped in, arresting pajama advocates and protesters, South Park turned into a familiar powder keg.

Parker and Stone aren’t subtle about their pajama-as-mask metaphor, but later, those who adjust to South Park for sophistication? Disappointingly, however, “Pajamas Day” lacks a clear point of view — an omission that often causes parts to be extracted from the title (and rushed into production). Since everyone ends up being branded as Nazis by their enemies, the real satirical target of the revealed document is our overheated rhetoric about demonic possession. Without more of a focus, however, such skew feels unnecessarily distracting, as if the show doesn’t want to come down on either side of the masked line between public safety and personal freedom. persistent cause. Instead of taking a bold stance, the situation becomes ambiguous and, therefore, light.

Still, there’s humor to be found in “Pajamas Day,” much of it coming from a mockery of one of Parker and Stone’s favorite targets. Rally his students to fight injustice on this Anti-Pajama Day, Cartman tells the kids remember what Matt Damon said in his recent bitcoin ad: “Fortune favors the bold!” Of course, even Cartman admitted that those brave enough to listen to the actor lost all their money – a poke repeated at various points throughout this premiere, like when Cartman reminded everyone to be brave, “but don’t be too brave or Matt Damon will come and take all our money.” In response, a teammate asked, “Can we drop Matt’s jokes? Damon okay, they’re just getting older.” But of course, they don’t – Parker and Stone don’t really believe they are either, as they’ve been poking fun at the Oscar winner since 2004 Team USA: World Police.

While Matt Damon received no regrets at the end of “Pajamas Day,” the rest of South Park was saved when the PC Principal, in conversation with Wendy, found a remedy. inspired the crisis he created: cancel Pajamas Day and make it Opposition Day instead! This is not at all a tip suggested by Wendy, whose wise advice – “Saying you’re wrong is sometimes the best thing you can do” – went completely unheard. It does, however, allow people to at least temporarily vent their anger, thus demonstrating a sort of neat and orderly solution that, alas, does not seem to apply to the current fractured social circumstances now ours.