South Park (ne convient pas aux enfants)

Cred is a sports drink that is all the rage at the kids' school and is a determinant of popularity - the more Cred you have, the more popular you are. Meanwhile, after a teacher at the school is discovered to been posting videos on Only Fans and making large amounts of money from it, Randy Marsh decides to become an Only Fans model.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are in top form in this South Park special. Poking fun at influencers, unhealthy, unnecessary sports drinks, the superficiality of social media and popularity and the stealthy, underhanded marketing to children this special is a great send up of some the blights of our age. Done in their usual biting, over-the-top style this special is hilarious yet powerful and profound.

There are times when it comes close to being repetitive but the plot largely manages to avoid that with some very unpredictable changes of direction.

Hindan nimetatud episoodi väga heaks. Aastaid on SP naerutanud mind enda geniaalse lähenemisega huumorile, osutades igapäeva elu valupunktidele, jutustades meile lugusid maast ja merest. Selle eri osaga on Trey ja Matt suutnud tabada kas naelapead või teinud kerge riive sellele, et näidata vaatajatele milleks nad oskuslikud on ning loodan, et nad jätkavad seda teed.

Ma tahaks uskuda, et SP loojad ise endale ka aegajalt meelde tuletavad, et kui uskumatu see on et ühiskonnale selline satiir peale on läinud, ja seda mitte ainult US-s, vaid üle maailma. Hea meel näha kui visioonist saab midagi enamat kui suletud elutöö.

I rate said episode very well. For years, SP has made me laugh with his genius approach to humor, pointing out the pain points of everyday life, telling us stories about land and seas. With this particular episode, Trey and Matt have either hit the nail on the head or made a slight dent in showing viewers what they're capable of, and I hope they continue to do so.

I would like to believe that the creators of SP remind themselves from time to time how incredible it is that society has been affected by the such of satire, not only in the US, but all over the world. Glad to see a vision become something more than a closed life's work.

From the social commentary of modern times, to subverting what your expectations are and going completely beyond the normal scope of even South Park.

Almost every aspect of this episode has the hallmarks of a great south park episode.

My young niece was obsessed with "Prime" this Christmas the soft drink that this episode untimely is about. An episode comply grounding in the moment.

Then also going as far as parodying Only Fans. Geniusly making Randy Marsh the centre of this arc.

It just works in a perfect whole that other recent south park epsiodes don't.

And then even going as far as joking about the illuminati and powers that be that allows this stuff in our society. It's a no hoild bared episode of south park that I'm sure will stand the testament of time.

Wow, in this episode, Matt and Trey take on the biggest evil-ist empire yet, that is known to (and made by) man kind: social media big tech.

. A multi-trillion dollar industry capable of crushing continents.

. Excellent work in exposing this sickening expliicit targeting of children for online profit. Regulation needs to catch up quicly to this menace.

. Okay, some more text required by IMDB. I recommend watchitng the following documentaries and/or movies: Social Network, The Social Dilemma, Not Okay, and of course, South Parks own visionary "The New Wendy" that that comically shows the effects on teenagers that choose to be not online anymore.

I liked the way they've built this special, it is much more grounded than the last special, and I think a bit weaker.

Or maybe it is so because of the subject involved: I'm not sure how serious is this in the USA, but I have to tell you that in Europe it's a big deal nowdays - children being "influenced" on social media platforms (mostly YT or Twitch), by grown-ups "influencers" sponsored by the betting companies, energy drinks, pawn-shops etc. Not to mention that video chatting industry, and of course OF are just the norm here.

Randy was just hilarious and stole the show, but I think the CRED subject was a bit too much for me, maybe they've should have added another funny subplot.

But overall I am happy that at least we got another special episode this year!

Thanks guys!