But the long-running comedic cartoon went to extreme lengths when it brought Donald Trump on as a character on Wednesday night’s episode.
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You might hear echoes of Trumps presidential campaign in that, but Garrison isnt talking about Mexicans; hes pissed that all these Canadians are here and forcing people to learn their language with words like guy and buddy and follow their customs. We just thought he was amusing.
The immigrant adds, “Nobody really thought he would ever be president, it was a joke”. It was a joke! Did South Park go too far this time or is this just more of their typical shenanigans? As Garrison’s anger over the influx of immigrants grows, he commits to “fuck [Canadians] all to death”, amid enthusiastic support from his fellow angry citizens. In last week’s episode, Kyle was been crucified for his fairly innocuous comments about Caitlyn Jenner.By the end of “Where My Country Gone“, Kyle has given up.
He then launched a campaign “to build a wall along [the] country’s north border”.
“The Canadian president has been f-ed to death”, a Canadian says in the next scene, as the immigrants move back to Canada. And as anyone familiar with the show may have expected, the criticism of Trump’s batshit ideas was not subtle, cresting with Trump, positioned as the President of Canada in the episode, getting raped by an enraged Mr. Garrison. It looks like a post apocalyptic wasteland and the only structure stood with pride is a building which belongs to, yes you guessed it right, President Donald Trump. “We weren’t paying attention We weren’t paying attention!” Oh, and it shows Jenner with her face half-melted, immediately running a pedestrian over with her vehicle. When he is about to make one of his customary “moral of the story” speeches he is met with the judgemental stares of Eric Cartman and many others who blame him for undocumented immigration.
Before driving, a cartoon Jenner always says “Buckle up, buckaroo”.
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The skewering of political correctness in the first two episodes of the new season shows that even after 21 years, South Park has lost none of its verve or nerve.
