"other sitting presidents. But by using every episode in its latest series to focus their fury solely at the current US administration, hitting Trump with a combination of policy rebuttals and dick jokes (and daring him to sue them in the process), this is the strongest sense yet that Parker and Stone are out for nothing less than full regime change."
"For almost a century, animation has often proved to be a better satirical weapon than anything made with flesh-and-blood actors. There is a sense that, to some, George HW Bush will be remembered by the mauling he received at the hands of The Simpsons, which depicted him as a gullible, uptight neighbour after he dared to criticise the show during a speech on family values."
South Park has intensified its focus on the Trump administration by dedicating episodes to direct criticism that mixes policy rebuttals with crude jokes and legal provocation. Trey Parker and Matt Stone pursue aggressive satire aimed at undermining the current presidency and signaling a desire for regime change. Animation has long served as a sharper satirical tool than live-action comedy, with The Simpsons reducing George H.W. Bush to a gullible, uptight neighbor after his public criticism. Seth MacFarlane created American Dad as a post-9/11 response, centering on a patriotic CIA agent and using musical satire to explain scandals.
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