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The fall of South Park (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by RemarkableBit8630@alien.top to c/southpark@metacritics.zone

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Hey my dears. First... sorry for bad english. Aaand sorry for that thread but...

A few weeks ago I start watching SP again. I think it was around season 11 or 12. Then I watch all episodes of S5 until S17/S18. I immediately recognized a change in houmor. The jokes are getting worse and worse with each season after season 16. I was watching an episode from season 18 and I wasnt smiling even once. After this episode I went back to S6 and really laughed my ass off.

Is it just me or is south park not south park anymore?

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[–] bobw123@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

People say that about every show, and if I had to take a guess people have said that about South Park probably as early as Season 2-3. Creators change and age, and so the audience. Sometimes this aligns well, sometimes it doesn't. I personally think South Park is still funny (there are some hits and some misses), but the reality is it'll always be changing.

[–] _hypnoCode@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

tbf, The Simpsons definitely took a major nose dive after they lost most of their core writers around S10-12. Now it's just gone on so long that even those bad years after that look amazing compared to what's out there in the latest seasons.

Personally, I've thought these Paramount+ mini-movies have all been fantastic and some of the best South Park I've seen since their early years. I actually have been watching them again this week and wrapped them up with the original movie and it felt like the same style comedy.

[–] bobw123@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

For me 19 was solid, 20 was interesting but they got screwed banking too much on the elections + trying to do a 7 days to air style with a running plotline. The tegridy seasons weren't my cup of tea. I personally liked the more serious specials like COVID that were more narrative based than comedy based, it struck a nerve for me.