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South Park targets Paramount after signing $1.5bn deal and skewers Trump: ‘He can do anything to anyone’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Show begins 27th season covering Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount and cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show, depicting Trump in bed with Satan

South Park has kicked off its 27th season with a blistering episode taking aim at Donald Trump and its newly minted parent company, Paramount, just one day after signing a $1.5bn deal with the network.

The premiere episode, “Sermon on the Mount,” sees Trump in bed with series regular Satan and covers topics including Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount, the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, wokeness, Trump’s attacks on Canada and more.

Unlike other characters, Trump is depicted as an actual photo of the US president on an animated body. There is also an extended scene featuring a hyper-realistic, deepfake video of Trump, completely naked, walking in a desert. There are repeated suggestions that Trump’s genitalia are small.

So this was absolutely incredible. Anyone else seen it?

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago

Did something from my comment give that impression? I haven't removed the post yet if that's the concern.

Someone reported this post as being unrelated to the topic of this community (Canada), and I'm following up on it by asking the poster to add context for why they posted it here. Most likely the post will stay up since it has a lot of discussion already.

[+] LeFantome@programming.dev -6 points 1 year ago

Tone down the aggressive far right FUD flinging already. Are you even Canadian?

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Is there /s missing?

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I really can't tell if this is serious or sarcasm because of the original comment, but I'll reply with the assumption that it's serious:

The reason I followed up is because (as the other comment said), it seemed like news about an american show, discussing american political issues. While those issues are directly affecting life here in Canada, this community often gets complaints about having too much american news and content. We can already see and follow along with the same news in other communities, and some users come to this space to get away from all that.

Sometimes I can dismiss a report outright if I can see the relevance, and other times I might leave a comment asking about it, such as this post. The author replied with the justification and the post was left up.

Yes, I'm Canadian, and you'll find that my post history reflects that