Not really. This episode didn’t really take any jabs at Netenyahu or Israel.
Sure, Sheila ended up criticizing him. And objectively made good points. But the show treated that as the punchline to turning her into the kvetching mother trope.
Weak episode redeemed by throwing the line that jews aren’t Israel and it killing thousands of people makes American jews face increased antisemithism into the mainstream discourse. I don’t think I’ve heard these obvious dots connected in high-profile media. I’m not mad.
I’ve been screening those points for years.
I think that episode was weak. no mention of AIPAC, focus on Israel rather than the humanitarian crisis.
But I still appreciate that the message of “Israel genocide is not for the welfare of Jews and is in fact generating antisemitism”
Certainly is more refreshing in here than the Reddit comments asking why the episode wasn’t a 60 minute political lecture about Israel’s genocide.
The big question ahead of the newest episode was: what would South Park have to say about all this?
The answer is … not much.
The latest instalment, provocatively titled Conflict of Interest, makes no mention of Kirk
:-/
I think the most relevant part is when Vance threatened Brenden Carr
We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way
Which is a direct quote by Carr about Jimmy Kimmel.
That’s probably the least funny thing I’ve seen that included the words “Jimmy” and “Carr” since the whole tax fraud scandal.
You reckon they delayed the episode about Kirk to thrash something else together so they could release that instead?
IIRC, they’re insanely fast. I think the turnaround time on a South Park episode is about one week, which is utterly ridiculous.
I don’t know if that Kirk episode will ever see the light of day, or if they’ll make any jokes about Kirk at all, especially while the Cheeto is in power. He’s repeatedly shown that he’s not afraid to abuse his authority.
I don’t know if they are still at a week turn around. They’ve already had a select few weeks pass where there was no new episode. It’s a good chance they just didn’t have it ready.
This season they’ve specifically said they’re on a biweekly release schedule. And then there was last week, which i still suspect they had an episode ready and it was denied.
I wonder if they meant twice a month. Kinda of like how getting paid twice a months still means two months with three pay checks.
They did an episode about Kirk not too long before he was shot and it already aired.
I was legitimately expecting a followup with Cartman doing his Kirk act getting shot in the neck, but alas.
Stan: “OMG! They killed Cartman!”
Kyle (Unenthusiastically): “You bastards…”
Was that S27E04?
I guess I got the wrong end of the stick for 05 being delayed?
It was 2 or 3. 4 was the Labubu one.
Kirk wasn’t portrayed himself; instead Clyde and Cartman were both parodying him as “Masterdebaters.”
Ahhh yeah that one.
I’m not American so I didn’t get the Kirk reference.
Thought it was on about the loud bald one
They won’t touch Kirk again for a loooooong time for fear of political retaliation. The Master Debater episode was pretty great though.
These the guys that put Macho Man Randy Savage in as a trans woman?
The guys that drew Mohammed?
The guys who make half a billion dollars.
You think they’re afraid of political retaliation?
You think they’re afraid of political retaliation?
Yes. Making fun of transgender folks and Muslims won’t threaten your paycheck
Making fun of transgender folks and Muslims won’t threaten your paycheck
What world are you living in where that is true?
It’s hard to have a paycheck when you’re dead, ask the Charlie Hebdo artists.
What world are you living in where that is true?
AmericaWorld.
It’s hard to have a paycheck when you’re dead, ask the Charlie Hebdo artists.
You were far safer in the Charlie Hebdo office in 2015 than anywhere bordering the state of Israel in 2025.
Besides, Comedy Central got a bunch of empty threats five years earlier.
Three years after the inflammatory posts, it was the organizers of the protest who were criminally convicted and thrown in prison.
Matt and Trey continued to post their own brand of inflammatory rhetoric without consequence.
You were far safer in the Charlie Hebdo office in 2015 than anywhere bordering the state of Israel in 2025.
Are you suggesting that Israel is going to bomb South Park Studios in retaliation or what?
Everyone should be afraid of that right now. Nobody is immune.
I felt this was the weakest of the season. I did love the jab at JD and his ulterior motives, especially after his weird mention of being ready to take over when Trump was in the middle of his disappearing act.
The Netanyahu reveal felt weirdly tacked on and very underwhelming.
I hope the next episode really rocks the boat.
I’d hardly call it a reveal. It was clear from her reaction in the lunch seen that she was appolled by what is happening in Gaza and offended at the notion that she has anything to do with it.
