If you’ve watched South Park’s latest run, you’ve probably noticed the show isn’t just dipping a toe into politics, but cannonballing. The long-running animated chaos machine has spent much of the television schedule and Season 28 lampooning the Trump orbit, cable-news hysteria, and the general weirdness of American public life. And according to the guys steering the ship, how fans feel about all that depends on where they’re watching from.
Speaking with The New York Times, co-creator Matt Stone, who’s been in New York lately, says strangers keep stopping him to say thanks. And these aren’t typical South Park diehards, but people newly tuned in by the show’s take on MAGA-world. Meanwhile, Parker, home in Colorado, hears something very different:
