Disclaimer: I didn't pay for Paramount + to watch this special. I watched it on a website. Just wanted to clarify that I didnt give another shitty streaming service my money lol
I thought it was okay, but I knew they were gonna pull the "muh both sides" shit. The sub plot with randy was kinda funny too. Still isnt as funny as older south park though, and a user said here in another thread that South Park isnt as anti establishment and contrarian as it used to be, and he's right. South Park has so much stuff to make fun of in this clown world, but I feel like they are holding back a bit. Is it just me?
It was noticeable that South Park starting self censoring after the Mohammad debacle, and it went into full overdrive when they started bringing in leftists like Bill Hader. You can literally watch the intelligent humor vouched in fart jokes decline to just fart jokes and really sub par social critiques.
After Trump won (or maybe it was more after he lost) they went not full TDS but definitely worse
You can tell they were writing with the anticipation that Trump would lose 2016. Made him over the top and crazy while Hillary was portrayed as relatively sane and normal. Gone were the days of giant douche vs turd sandwich. They clearly were taking a side (or had their marching orders from their Overlords).
Was hilarious how they had to write around that when Trump won. They worked hard to suppress their TDS but clearly it was there
They had a revelation moment in the show, i think at the end of covid special, when in the snow i think is randy that decides to wield the power of the 'reality makers' for his own gain.
It was kind of a way imo to say 'so guys, we have to take a choice, we either side with our ideas and lose the show, or we shut up, take it up a bit, lose the original spirit but keep the business... And i think you understand where we are headed from now'.
Can't even blame them too much, and the way they tryied to notify the audience is commendable.