{"id":1974294,"date":"2025-08-22T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1974294"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:28:21","slug":"south-park-is-rightfully-roasting-trump-and-its-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/south-park-is-rightfully-roasting-trump-and-its-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018South Park\u2019 Is Rightfully Roasting Trump \u2014 And It\u2019s Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article includes material from celebrity.land\u2019s weekly culture and entertainment newsletter, The Culture Catchall. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/newsletter\/signup\/entertainment\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Click here to subscribe\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/newsletter\/signup\/entertainment\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here to subscribe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A marijuana farm is shut down after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid targeting Mexican migrants. A leisure trip to the nation\u2019s capital looks like a war zone, complete with military tanks and armed soldiers. World leaders and tech moguls grovel at President Donald Trump\u2019s feet, showering him with praise and gifts. Oh, and Satan has taken up residence in the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t a play-by-play of the current news cycle in America, although it surely sounds like it. This is, in fact, the latest episode of \u201cSouth Park,\u201d once again scathingly calling out the Trump administration\u2019s absurd antics in real time, and the show <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q1xR3Xidq84\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"isn\u2019t pulling any punches\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q1xR3Xidq84\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">isn\u2019t pulling any punches<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A crackdown on immigration and Trump\u2019s sinister actions are just a few timely topics tackled in the third episode of Season 27 of \u201cSouth Park,\u201d which mostly satirized an overreliance on ChatGPT. The most glaring plot, though, involved the return of a beloved character, Towelie, heading to a militarized Washington, D.C., just as Trump has <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ap-us-dc-what-of-washington_n_689b8963e4b03bdc474f924b\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"deployed hundreds of National Guard troops\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"689b8963e4b03bdc474f924b\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deployed hundreds of National Guard troops<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in real life to address the city\u2019s \u201ccrime emergency\u201d (despite the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office saying crime hit a 30-year low\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office saying crime hit a 30-year low<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> earlier this year).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cli cli-embed cli-embed--full-width js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"js-react-hydrator\" data-component-name=\"YouTube\" 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Comedy Central\u2019s staple satire has been aiming at Trump and his administration ever since its record-breaking season premiere last month, which earned <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/30\/business\/south-park-ratings\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"explosive ratings\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/30\/business\/south-park-ratings\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explosive ratings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for skewering the president like never before \u2014 nearly one year after \u201cSouth Park\u201d creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said they \u201c<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/trey-parker-matt-stone-casa-bonita-south-park\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"don\u2019t know what more we could possibly say about Trump\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/trey-parker-matt-stone-casa-bonita-south-park\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don\u2019t know what more we could possibly say about Trump<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Season 27\u2019s kickoff episode, which aired July 23, was a roast of epic proportions that not only constantly mocked the president\u2019s \u201cteeny tiny\u201d genitals but also his penchant for litigation, as a Trump character threatens to sue the residents of South Park for protesting Jesus appearing in local schools, forcing them to settle. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latter was a direct shot at Paramount\u2019s $16 million settlement over a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d lawsuit from Trump amid its massive merger with Skydance, and the brutal storyline came just after \u201cSouth Park\u201d creators <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2025-07-21\/south-park-creators-reach-breakthrough-in-paramount-deal-talks\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"inked a $1.5 billion streaming deal\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2025-07-21\/south-park-creators-reach-breakthrough-in-paramount-deal-talks\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inked a $1.5 billion streaming deal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Paramount. The show didn\u2019t mince words in nodding to more Paramount drama, either, specifically the sudden (and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jimmy-kimmel-cbs-cancellation-late-show-stephen-colbert_n_68a3c292e4b0c2c76f84aa11\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"widely criticized\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"68a3c292e4b0c2c76f84aa11\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\">widely criticized<\/a>) cancellation of \u201cThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert\u201d \u2014 which occurred shortly after the host slammed CBS\u2019s settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou guys saw what happened to CBS? Well, guess who owns CBS? Paramount. You really want to end up like Colbert?\u201d Jesus asks in the episode. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funny, the makers of \u201cSouth Park\u201d don\u2019t seem too concerned with suffering the same fate. And if they are, they\u2019re going out guns blazing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-sized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"&quot;South Park&quot; mocks ICE and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (L) in Episode 2.\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/68a77a0e180000d35c8c5f51.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/68a77a0e180000d35c8c5f51.jpg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/68a77a0e180000d35c8c5f51.jpg?ops=scalefit_1440 2x\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\">&#8220;South Park&#8221; mocks ICE and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (L) in Episode 2.<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cSouth Park\u201d is known for its extremely dark humor and unflinching social commentary on just about anything \u2014 race, religion, celebrity culture, current events, etc. Nothing and no one, no matter how sacred or sensitive, has been off limits over the last 20+ years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>However, these days, the show has a more pointed political focus, seemingly more interested in addressing the injustices happening under Trump\u2019s rule than entertaining its usual pop culture parodies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Sure, there have been plenty of MAGA punchlines and Trump parodies created previously to get a rise out of its subjects and the far-right. But the show\u2019s latest cartoon assault feels much more personal coming from Stone and Parker \u2014 and it\u2019s just what Americans need right now. At least, those who oppose what Trump has been doling out since stepping back in office. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>As part of the right-wing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/5435802-after-only-6-months-project-2025-is-halfway-complete\/\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Project 2025 plan\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/5435802-after-only-6-months-project-2025-is-halfway-complete\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"8\">Project 2025 plan<\/a>, the Republican president has been doing his damnedest to reverse American progress with an agenda that\u2019s quickly and aggressively turning back the hands of time. From demonizing diversity, equity and inclusion programs to freezing education funding to unprecedented deportations and more, Trump has been relentless with his autocratic approach. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>With corporations, media entities and Ivy League institutions all shamefully bowing to pressure from Trump, someone should have the courage to call out the erosion of this country\u2019s democracy for what it is. And it seems \u201cSouth Park\u201d has no problem doing that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Immigration has been a hot-button issue so far in Season 27, just as it\u2019s been IRL since Trump supercharged ICE arrests across the country, which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2025\/jul\/23\/trump-ice-data-deportations-detention\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"The Guardian\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2025\/jul\/23\/trump-ice-data-deportations-detention\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"9\">The Guardian<\/a> reported have more than doubled in 38 states. So have the disruptions of the Trump administration, which is doing just as much damage to the show\u2019s titular town as it is to this country right now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>With that track record alone, it\u2019s safe to assume that the remainder of Season 27 will satirize what\u2019s to come from the White House and Trump in as raw, uncut and untamed a fashion as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>That\u2019s always been the nature of \u201cSouth Park,\u201d to say what people think is too inappropriate or offensive to say out loud. But in these current trying times, where human rights are being stripped away and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/09\/nx-s1-5318045\/freedom-of-the-press-lawsuits-trump\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"public media is being silenced\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/09\/nx-s1-5318045\/freedom-of-the-press-lawsuits-trump\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"10\">public media is being silenced<\/a>, the show\u2019s rhetoric is necessary in holding the administration to the fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>What we\u2019re seeing now is a fed-up Parker and Stone exercising their right to free speech in a way that Paramount seemingly wasn\u2019t willing to tolerate from Colbert. But the joke\u2019s on them, because the \u201cSouth Park\u201d creators share the same disdain for Trump\u2019s crushing power, if not more, and they don\u2019t care to polish up their digs to avoid offense. Nor do they have any remorse for jokes that are far less heinous than the acts the president is committing from the White House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re terribly sorry,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cinemablend\/video\/7530834749758164238\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Parker said\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cinemablend\/video\/7530834749758164238\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"11\">Parker said<\/a> at San Diego\u2019s Comic-Con last month, followed by a long, deadpan stare and smirk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The creators want the Trump administration to hear them loud and clear. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/white-house-seethes-south-park-premiere-trump_n_688261e8e4b0c2d9e4d93658\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"They have\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68a77666e4b00911ce4469f8\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"688261e8e4b0c2d9e4d93658\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"12\">They have<\/a>, and will continue to do so, since Parker and Stone\u2019s Paramount deal includes at least 47 more new episodes (the next airing on Sept. 3). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"support-huffpost-entry-support-huffpost-mid-article\" class=\"cli support-huffpost-mid-article primary-cli cli cli-text cli-support-huffpost hidden\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__content-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--first\">20 Years Of<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--second\">Free<\/span><span class=\"cli-support-huffpost__title--third\">Journalism<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your Support Fuels Our Mission<\/p>\n<p>Your Support Fuels Our Mission<\/p>\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__container\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message-container\">\n<div class=\"cli-support-huffpost__message support-huffpost__message--main\">\n<p>For two decades, celebrity.land has been fearless, unflinching, and relentless in pursuit of the truth. 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