If operating under the shallow assumption that "South Park" is a show that exists to mock woke culture, Cartman’s despair could be seen as a meta-commentary.
“South Park” is once again making clear that the show’s humor was never about agreeing with its creators (or anyone) ideologically; it was about exposing phoniness, satirizing moral rigidity, poking fun at bullies and mocking unquestioned power. Trump demanded unquestioned power; he got it. MAGA fell in line. Institutions are falling in line. Now it’s their turn to be mocked.
They kind of get the point.
It’s not as simple as mocking whoever is in power, it’s that regardless of which party was in power for all of the shows existence, they have fucking sucked.
Obama was the closest we got in that timespan for a decent president, but South Park rightfully shit on him for not really fixing anything.
The right hates them when they shit on the right.
Neoliberals hate them when they point out neoliberlism sucks.
But they’ve never went after the actual left. Even the Macho Man episode wasn’t anti-trans, it was satirizing people who ironically make it a binary issue where it’s either always ok or never ok.
Despite being a crass animated TV show about kids, they don’t play to the lowest common denominator, so lots of people completely miss the point and just see what’s on the surface.
They kind of get the point.
It’s not as simple as mocking whoever is in power, it’s that regardless of which party was in power for all of the shows existence, they have fucking sucked.
Obama was the closest we got in that timespan for a decent president, but South Park rightfully shit on him for not really fixing anything.
The right hates them when they shit on the right.
Neoliberals hate them when they point out neoliberlism sucks.
But they’ve never went after the actual left. Even the Macho Man episode wasn’t anti-trans, it was satirizing people who ironically make it a binary issue where it’s either always ok or never ok.
Despite being a crass animated TV show about kids, they don’t play to the lowest common denominator, so lots of people completely miss the point and just see what’s on the surface.
South Park never once ripped on Biden.
Probably the best proxy for asking someone about their political standpoint is “what political group do you think South Park is most sympathetic to”
Up until this season, anyways.