The first episode of the newest season starts as a normal school day, but then they bring Jesus in and announce that he will be the new guidance counselor. To make it even more ridiculous, Trump is trying to sue everyone, even Jesus. As the citizens are raging about the constant suing, we get to meet Trump. They put Trump’s face directly on the character and made his voice high-pitched. They even made Trump be in a situationship with Satan. As we see the commotion this causes, Jesus warns the townspeople, saying, “Just eat the bread and listen,” in an effort to tell them of Trump’s actions. The reason Jesus says this is so that he can tell the people what Trump is really doing without looking suspicious and so he can avoid being sued. I am very happy the writers of this show added Jesus as the guidance counselor. It brought light to and made fun of all the republicans who are trying to integrate the Bible into schools. Those who support Trump must be fuming because making Trump look and sound like that is very bold. Personally, I thought this was hilarious, and so did the rest of my family. I think it’s smart that they made Trump and Satan in a situationship, and they are trying to imply that Trump is Satan without actually saying it, and Jesus’s warning felt like it’s directed to the viewers rather than the fictional characters, which was a great way to use the platform they created.
Another episode touches on the issues of I.C.E., and The Old guidance counselor, Mr. Mackey, joins I.C.E. because he got fired. When Mr. Mackey started working, they took the workers to a Dora sing-along event, and they detained Dora and many other Hispanic people. As the episode continues, they end up going to heaven and detaining any Hispanic people they find. As they are loading them into trucks, Kristi Noem, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, says, “If it’s brown, it goes down.” Even though this episode was very disturbing, it exemplifies the harsh reality of what is going on right now, and the phrase that she says hits so hard because she is generalizing a group of people as criminals. I.C.E. has detained innocent people, and the conditions of these places are completely unlivable and depriving people of clean water and food; sometimes they even deport people to countries they have never been to. This episode was over the top, but it was definitely needed, and it has brought attention to this crisis, so I wasn’t offended by the contents of this episode,
In the newest episodes that have come out, they touched on Charlie Kirk’s debates, which are now even more controversial since his death, and made the protagonist, Eric Cartman, look like him. In the episode, Eric debates people and records the encounter to not only affect the person he is debating but also to get a reaction from the public. Eric says many misogynistic and racist things and uses his speaking abilities to interrupt and intimidate people. The whole point of the episode was to show how people like Charlie Kirk are more interested in rage-baiting than actually advocating for a cause. Rage-bait like this has become too common, and people just share controversial opinions instead of what they really think. Everything they do is just for a reaction.
They also feature Labubus and make the super-rare ones satanic; the characters performed a ritual, using the Labubus, that summoned Trump, which I thought was a good way to make fun of consumerism. Everyone is going crazy for blind boxes and collectible items, but when you put them under this kind of light, it just shows how ridiculous these obsessions are. The main issue I have with collectable items such as this is that they are trends, and when it does die out, you are left with a ton of things you will never use and don’t need. Most people claim they are gonna hold on to these collectibles to make money in the future, but what happens if these items are worthless in the future?
The fact that South Park is even talking about these issues is not only brave, but they have brought light to the current state of the world. I love South Park so much, and I have watched every single episode released, and I can say this is the farthest they have ever gone. The writers have shown that what is happening in the world is just as ridiculous as their show. I do think South Park does a great job at making light of real-world issues and turning them into laughable content. Overall, I think the new season is hilarious and insane, but the world could use a good laugh.
