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‘South Park’ creators no longer want to satirise Donald Trump: “It takes over everything”

South Park have said they will no longer be satirising Donald Trump on the show, and will be skipping this presidential election.The iconic adult animation has been on air since 1997 and has run for a total of 26 seasons as well as a number of recent one-off specials.The show’s writers Trey Parker and Matt Stone have revealed in a new interview with Vanity Fair that they do not intend to bring the show back in time for the election in November, and that decision was made in part due to Trump dominating the campaign for a third consecutive cycle.“We’ve tried to do South Park through four or five presidential elections, and it is such a hard thing to—it’s such a mind scramble, and it seems like it takes outsized importance,” Stone said. “Obviously, it’s fucking important, but it kind of takes over everything and we just have less fun.”“I don’t know what more we could possibly say about Trump,” added Parker.Confirming that the show would not return until 2025, the duo were asked whether this was due to them deliberately avoiding having to cover Trump again.
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‘South Park’ creator wishes he could delete these three seasons
South Park, has revealed that there are three seasons of the show that he wishes he could erase from history.The legendary adult animation first hit the Comedy Central airwaves in 1997 as a spinoff from a pair of short films that Parker and partner Matt Stone created under the title The Spirit of Christmas.There have now been a total of 26 seasons of the show and seven specials, making for a total of 328 episodes, but in a new interview, Parker has revealed that there is one period of South Park that he would like to remove from his memory banks.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, he said: “If I had to permanently erase anything from the library, it would basically be anything before season four.”“It’s just embarrassing to watch,” he added. “OK, we were like, 26, 27, but it’s like, ‘Really?’ We thought that was funny? We thought that was well-written? Oh my god, this is terrible.”The most recent new episode of South Park was ‘The End of Obesity’, the third in a trio of specials that aired on Paramount+ over the last 12 months.The episode contained parodies around the so-called weight loss drug Ozempic, including a spoof sketch where Eric Cartman can’t afford the drug, so his doctor prescribes him ‘Lizzo’, to train him in body positivity so he can stop worrying about his weight.“I want you to listen to Lizzo five times a day, and watch her videos just before bedtime,” the doctor says.
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‘South Park’ co-creator Trey Parker to direct live-action comedy collaboration with Kendrick Lamar
South Park co-creator Trey Parker is set to direct a live-action comedy film produced by Kendrick Lamar, according to reports.The untitled collaboration between Lamar and South Park creators Parker and Matt Stone was announced last year, who were all producing the project with the rapper’s longtime manager Dave Free.According to Above The Line, Parker will now direct the film himself, from a script written by South Park producer Vernon Chatman.Production on the project was supposed to begin in spring last year, but it’s claimed Parker’s commitments to South Park pushed the schedule back to an unknown date.As per the initial announcement, the comedy film “will see the past and present coming to a head when a young Black man who is interning as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his”.Speaking about the project, Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures, said: “On behalf of Paramount Pictures and the wider ViacomCBS family, we look forward to ushering in the first theatrical collaboration from these creative visionaries, and galvanizing audiences worldwide around a powerful storytelling experience.”South Park is currently in its 26th season, which recently attracted attention through an episode that parodied Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Lamar is set to headline festivals Outside Lands, Roskilde and Open’Er later this year, which comes after the release of his fifth studio album ‘Mr.
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TikToker creates Prince Harry ‘South Park’ book cover ‘WAAAGH’
TikTok user, who goes by the name Kelly on the social media platform, has recreated a mock-up of Prince Harry’s book cover that was parodied on a recent episode of the Comedy Central animated series.The Duke of Sussex, 38, debuted his bombshell memoir “Spare,” in January and “South Park” dubbed a novel written by an ex-Canadian prince “WAAAGH.”The episode featured the ex-royals from Canada on a “Worldwide Privacy Tour” where they appear on a variety of talk shows to moan about wanting to be private.“South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone included a book cover that looks suspiciously like Harry’s, with a red-headed, freckled cartoon prince in a close-up shot.Inspired by the episode, Kelly brought the animated cover to life, illustrating the image through graphic design software.In a variety of TikToks, Kelly showed off her process, as well as placing the fake book jacket onto an actual hardcover novel.After designing the wrapping on her computer, she printed out the cover and folded it into the correct dimensions. Before purchasing “Spare” to fit the new jacket, Kelly had placed it on top of the 2004 Patricia MacDonald novel “Suspicious Origin.”“And I think that joke writes itself,” she said in a video.Kelly then made the trek to Target to purchase the ex-royal’s book following fan demand to plant the cover on the actual, 400-page tell-all novel.The art influencer’s idea earned many comments from her viewers, who couldn’t help but laugh over the fake cover.“My f–king hero,” someone beamed.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dismiss claims they are suing ‘South Park’: “It’s all frankly nonsense”
South Park over a recent episode that took aim at the royal couple.Titled ‘The Worldwide Privacy Tour’, the episode saw a parody version of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex move to South Park in an attempt to find some privacy, despite clearly seeking attention by going on press tours, shouting in public, and setting off fireworks in their front garden.In one scene, the Markle-like character is described as the prince’s “Instagram-loving bitch wife”, while Harry’s cartoon counterpart promotes his new autobiography, titled “Waaagh”.The episode also saw the couple holding “we want our privacy” signs as they travelled to different locations around the world, parodying the sentiment shared by many critics when the ex-royals released their Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan.Following the release of the episode on February 15, Markle was reportedly left “upset and overwhelmed” by the portrayal of herself and her husband. Royal commentators, such as Neil Sean, subsequently suggested that there could be legal ramifications for writers Trey Parker and Matt Stone.Sean told Fox News: “According to sources close to the ex-royals, it appears that, like so many things with Meghan and Harry, this may have legal ramifications attached.
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