‘South Park’ creators refused censorship of controversial Donald Trump episode
South Park’s first episode after a two-year hiatus aimed at Donald Trump, and the White House is not pleased. However, the South Park co-creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have said they expected the fallout and refused to censor any of the episodes.
The new episode was titled ‘Sermon on the Mount’. At one point during the show, Trump is seen in bed with regular South Park character Satan. Topics include Trump’s attacks on Canada, the recent cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the Epstein list, wokeness, and the president’s lawsuit against Paramount.
The scathing episode also uses realism to depict Trump’s character, as the animators opted to use an actual photo of the US President stitched onto an animated body. Later, a deepfake video scene depicts a naked Trump walking in a desert, poking fun at the size of his genitals.
Co-creator Parker commented on this decision at a recent San Diego Comic-Con International animation panel. He noted that his producers had an issue with the episode. “They said, ‘OK, but we’re gonna blur the penis,’ and I said, ‘No, you’re not gonna blur the penis,’” Parker said.
The way around this obstacle was to add eyes onto the penis, making it a character in its own right. “If we put eyes on the penis, we won’t blur it. That was a whole conversation with grown-up people for four fucking days,” Parker laughed.
Since the episode aired, the White House have released a statement that began, “The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end – for years they have come after South Park for what they labelled as ‘offence’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show.”
White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers added that they have had no original ideas and that the show “hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.”
He reiterated Trump’s global power: “President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history—and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”
Speaking as part of the same panel, Parker had a short reply for White House officials: “We’re terribly sorry.” He followed up the comment with a long, deadpan-comic stare.
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