Hmm. I’ve been thinking Sputh Park is the only show that managed to maintain orientation through the Great Weirding, with only some minor rough episodes. But they did have one major gear shift: I think Randy took over from Cartman as lead character.
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S20 (2016, tracking the election) is still kinda too hard to rewatch, same as the Osama bin Laden episode right after 9-11. I haven’t rewatched either since the original. Speaks to the power of looking unflinchingly at the zeitgeist, even if it makes your artistic response weak.
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Oh forgot a 7th item. 7. Death of Satan Generalized playbook version is: 7. Kill Satan. The 19th century merely killed God and Time. The 21st century has topped that by killing the devil. Much bigger achievement.
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#cancelsouthpark promotion demonstrates just how confident they are that they’ve gotten inside OODA loop of the great weirding. Kudos. They’ve stayed true to artistic vision despite taking positions that would have gotten lesser shows actually canceled.Show this thread -
Unlike the sad losers who whine about being censored they’ve managed to say exactly what they want, thumb their noses at both the alt right and wokeleban, and keep telling an entertaining story. They never lost sight of the importance of actually entertaining.
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While I think Rick and Morty has taken over artistic leadership of the genre of adult satire cartoons, South Park I think has cemented its position as the boldest show and only indexical perspective for the era. Ie it offers the only successful viewpoint on the weirding
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I haven’t read the context at all and this is still some nasty good advice.
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