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#BEST SOUTH PARK EPISODES SEASEON 19 PC#

What is PC today isn’t what was PC 19 years ago, and it takes a special kind of intelligent writing to continue to satirize these things in a town that has been essentially frozen in time. He shoves political correctness and sensitivity down the throats of his opposition (something that South Park itself has been fairly accused of). PC Principal is Parker and Stone’s pastiche of PC culture gone mad. Today the same creators are working to satirize Caitlyn Jenner and remain edgy without seeming to resort to hate speech. Garrison’s Fancy New Vagina” (2005) similarly dealt with transgender people and flippantly declared that gender reassignment surgery does not actually change the gender that an individual was born with.

“The F Word” (2009) was something of a defense of their use of the word “fag” when such an epithet had long since been decried as offensive as the N word. No subject has been too taboo from depicting the Prophet Muhammad in multiple episodes (around 2001 he was visible in every episode’s title card) to exposing some of the more bizarre (and once protected) secrets of the Church of Scientology.īut considering later season episodes, it’s hard not to wonder if the world has simply moved a bit past the mirror South Park holds up to nature. They firmly came out on the side of gay rights and were the first comedy show to dare to do a September 11th episode. The creators intelligently pushed the boundaries of good taste and said things in ways people were often afraid to say themselves. On the other hand, it isn’t terribly surprising that the guys behind TV’s most envelope pushing and taste challenging hit would take on PC culture first hand.īack in 1997 when the show first debuted, South Park really was disturbingly edgy and groundbreaking. To be sure, there will be fans who object to any tweaking of the format after two decades (season 20 kicks off next month) however, just like every surprise change over the years, Stone and Parker are smart and cool enough to make it work. Said finalé is not only hilarious but also satisfying, like the end of a really gripping epic. Although there are no actual throwaway episodes this season, if there were weaker entries, the arching saga creates a cohesiveness that brings about a singular and sold high concept that builds to a remarkable finish. SoDoSoPa (formerly the wrong side of the tracks, meaning: around Kenny’s house) is briefly the trendy area of town before a Whole Foods Market moves the whole thing to the neighborhood surrounding “Shitty Wok”.Īlthough the new continuing format from week to week feels a bit forced and disjointed at first, soon the story arc begins to stabilize each episode. What follows reveals the neighborhoods of South Park, Colorado competing with each other in a strange spoof of the divides of the country on the whole.

Just as Garrison’s candidacy parallels that of Donald Trump’s, South Park ups the political incorrectness quotient with Caitlyn Jenner stepping into Sarah Palin’s shoes as his not-all-there VP pick.Īs the episodes flow together Randy Marsh tries to gentrify the “stupid” and “backward” town, as an influx of Canadian immigrants cause an anti-immigration sentiment. Garrison running a decidedly non-PC bid for president. What starts out as a funny indictment of political correctness (Principal Victoria is replaced by a violent frat boy named PC Principal) soon becomes a spoof of the entire political climate, with Mr. More than just about anything South Park has done since “Imgainationland”, the 19th season feels like one complete and cohesive story (that happens to clock in at 212 minutes).

South Park has never been “the same old show” from season to season, but it managed to keep the best parts that have made it a favorite.Īlthough they have played around with multiple episode story arcs in the past, the 19th season is the first to be completely serialized with a single overarching saga tying each episode together.

As the show matured, somehow so did its characters and creators, and the show that once focused on shock value and scatological humor somehow managed to become one of the smartest and most topical comedies on television. It’s almost impossible to believe that 19 seasons have gone by since Trey Parker and Matt Stone debuted the crudely animated little show called South Park on basic cable network Comedy Central.