4 ‘South Park’ Episodes On HBO Max That Are More Offensive Than ‘Gone With The Wind’The following four episodes have left me surprised that the series survived the woke mob and are allowed to remain on HBO Max.By Paulina Enck
JUNE 26, 2020
“South Park†thrives on bad taste. The adult animation behemoth is notoriously offensive, unapologetically taking swings at every available target. Surprisingly, it has been one of the only hyper-controversial series that has survived today’s trigger-happy cancel culture.
The series has a dedicated core fanbase and enjoys consistent ratings, some of the highest of Comedy Central, which may explain their relative safety, even in 2020. But the key likely lies more in the show’s unabashed openness about its offensiveness. They even worked this reputation into the marketing for season 23, circulating #cancelsouthpark across commercials to announce the continuation through season 26.
However, one place it is bizarre to see this bastion of offensive comedy is HBO Max. The newly launched streaming service, a breakout of HBO, has been using its acquisition of “South Park†aggressively in their marketing,
The streaming service faced serious scrutiny due to its attempts to make their content increasingly politically correct. First, they rid “Looney Toons†cartoons of guns, as choosing give Elmer Fudd a scythe to hunt Bugs Bunny is obvious less scary than a rifle. Then, the service announced it would no longer stream “Gone with the Wind,†eventually adjusting to delay the arrival of the 1939 epic romance until they can discern some means by which to put the film into historical context for viewers.
You would be hard pressed to find a single “South Park†episode less offensive than “Gone with the Wind.†The show has featured every stereotype known to man. One of the four protagonists, Eric Cartman, is a virulent racist, antisemite, sexist, and all-around evil kid. The show compared the PC mob to a concentration camp in a “Schindler’s List†homage. The “Pokemon†parody episode displayed Japan as an imperialist nation intent on destroying the United States.
They’ve offended virtually every religion, be it Catholics with a menstruating Virgin Mary statue and two pedophile priest-centric episodes, Jewish people with the near-constant barrage of antisemitic jokes Kyle Broflovski faces from his frenemy Eric Cartman, and Scientologists by describing what they believe, just to name a few.
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