In current weeks, Paramount has taken a sequence of actions that critics say are aimed toward placating the Trump Administration to safe approval for its merger with Skydance. Earlier this month, the corporate agreed to pay $16 million to Donald Trump to settle a (baseless) lawsuit over the enhancing of a 60 Minutes interview. This was adopted final week with the cancellation of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. And earlier as we speak, reviews surfaced that Skydance had assured Trump’s FCC chairman it will eradicate DEI initiatives on the firm. Actually it looks like the one non-Trump-related enterprise undertaken by Paramount this month was coming to phrases with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone on a new $1.5 billion deal to carry international streaming rights to Paramount+, plus the dedication of 5 years’ value of latest episodes.
Depart it, then, to Parker and Stone to ship half-hour of tv that little doubt has Skydance/Paramount in panic sweats over the likelihood that their deal simply received derailed. The Season 27 premiere of South Park, which aired Wednesday evening on the Paramount-owned Comedy Central, was a full on skewering of Donald Trump, his infinite use of lawsuits to bully his critics, the best wing’s over-obsession with overcorrecting cancel tradition and political correctness, and the capitulation of company entities like Comedy Central’s personal mum or dad firm (which, want I remind you, simply got here to phrases with Parker and Stone on a $1.5 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL a minimum of 24 hours in the past).
Maybe most unflattering for Trump was Parker and Stone’s choice to painting him as Canadian—full with the basic flapping head animation—however utilizing his precise face moderately than a stand-in (as Mr. Garrison had served in earlier seasons). What’s extra, a number of scenes depict Trump with a micropenis, cuddling in mattress with Devil. The episode culminates with a PSA (a reference to reviews that Paramount could be offering the Trump Administration with PSAs as a part of its 60 Minutes settlement settlement), which options an AI-generated Trump, bare in a desert, once more with a micropenis. Parker and Stone additionally launched a web site the place the PSA may be seen on-line at HeTrumpedUs.com.
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Hopefully Parker and Stone received that cash up entrance.
