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Originally Posted by EZmoney74
This.
I heard that the show was supposed to go back to it's roots. It was about the kids messing around, and doing stupid, funny things. This new episode was not that. The last three years have been almost unwatchable, I'm hoping for a turn around.
I've said this consistently the last few years. Over the past decade South Park went from occasionally doing "issue" episodes, to frequently doing them, to now almost exclusively doing them.
The idea that South Park is supposed to be primarily this current event satire show is so just this weird cultural perception thing that happened. That's historically not what the show was at all. Look back at the first 5-10 seasons and very few of the episodes deal with issues or current events. It was more about these kids and this small town doing outrageous and outlandish things, lots of over the top ridiculousness but with a ton of legitimate wit.
However they would occasionally do an issue episode it was usually outstanding and get a lot of publicity, because it was an inspired, well thought out idea.
As the show has morphed into doing almost exclusively issue episodes, they are now often feeling half thought out, rushed, or uninspired. This is because they are clearly forced. You can tell they feel obligated to make an episode about an issue, even if they don't have a good idea for one.
They should go back to just making funny episodes, who cares if they don't address every single current event issue. Only do issue episodes if you have a great idea for one.