This special/episode was definitely great. Panderverse is definitely a home run, but I wouldn't say peak.

This special made me want more! Can't believe they only made it a one-parter!

Peak?? Peak was 15 years ago. Sure its good now but it's not 'peak'.

Peak south park is timeless, not rooted in contemporary politics.

Enough with the "both sides" stuff. The A-plot of the episode was designed to poke fun at "woke casting" while simultaneously making the whole argument look ridiculous, and it did this very well. I don't think this was written to portray the attitudes of "both sides" of the casting argument, and it would have been way less funny if it did. In the course of poking fun at "woke casting" it seems to have bothered a lot of socially/politically progressive people in the same way "Buddha Box" and "Board Girls" did because they don't think the issue is appropriate for satire, which is partially what makes it so funny in the first place.

South Park has always taken aim at the moral/social standards Americans take for granted, it's just that whatever 'political correctness' means to people has become much more prominent as a moral/social standard in many parts of the country and in the public discourse than it was 20-25 years ago. It's ok to make fun of the same way it was ok to have an episode where a statue of the Virgin Mary bleeds out her vagina, and Matt and Trey don't (and shouldn't) create content that "treats both sides equally" because 1) that wouldn't be funny if it's forced and 2) there are usually more than two sides to most social/political issues anyway.

"I'm a Little Bit Country" was really the exception to the rule in that it was explicitly built around making a "both sides" point, but in general the show is great because it doesn't pull its punches on its principle targets by weighing it down with trying to develop a "both sides" approach.

Chicken Lover is peak south park

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Meh... honestly I think they took the easiest jabs from current reddit trends....

It is easy now to make joke of Disney, Billonaires, Woke culture. I did not see any "break through" on this one.

Agreed. This is my favorite episode of all time haha

Idk about peak, I found myself agreeing more than laughing and I'd prefer to have the opposite or at least 50/50. Just didn't find it that funny IMO.

Somebody said if you find yourself clapping more than you laugh at a comedy show you're at a rally. Or something like that.

South Park is first and foremost a comedy show with its focus being political satire

No.

Kagurabachi is peak.

I was driving a handi-car way before I was getting paid to.

Peak yeah the a peak piece of shit, a peak waste of fucking time. That episode was fucking garbage. Quit trying to find some hidden message in it. It’s another lazy ass garbage fucking episode just like the last bullshit 6episode seasons. Most importantly is the peak of not funny. Peak ugh……

I knew insecure men would love the episode.

I haven’t watched the Panderverse special yet, but…all I care about is “Was it funny?” I don’t really give a shit about what did or didn’t align with my sociopolitical views. There’s been plenty of that I’ve agreed with in South Park, and a lot where I thought they missed the mark.

Jackovosaurs are peak

I didn’t really care for this episode, the overall message felt very shallow and also shows a complete misunderstanding of who Kathleen Kennedy is at what she does at Disney (she’s just the president of Lucasfilm, she has no control over casting or story decisions at marvel studios or Disney proper).

I didn’t even think it was that good.

I had a few episodes in mind to argue were better, but I think the real peak South Park was Scott Tenorman Must Die. It has both the silliest jokes and the most fucked up plotline. It was the top of the "I don't care if you're offended this is too funny not to put out" without seeming like it was just being offensive purely for shock humor.

It’s the best thing in a while but I wouldn’t call it peak.

Christian Rock is peak imo