Hey my dears. First… sorry for bad english. Aaand sorry for that thread but…
A few weeks ago I start watching SP again. I think it was around season 11 or 12. Then I watch all episodes of S5 until S17/S18. I immediately recognized a change in houmor. The jokes are getting worse and worse with each season after season 16. I was watching an episode from season 18 and I wasnt smiling even once. After this episode I went back to S6 and really laughed my ass off.
Is it just me or is south park not south park anymore?
The thing about South Park is, it stays recent. I don’t think the humour has changed as much, just the nature of things they satire on has changed and demands a different approach at times. While there has been a drop in quality but that’s only in comparison to the high ceiling they set before, that’s not to say it isn’t good still.
Yes, there are good episodes and bad ones, but I think good ones are still very good. For example, take the episode where Jimmy uses the word “retarded” in his school newspaper and how they expose PC Principal’s hypocrisy around the matter when he’s uncomfortable treating Jimmy like others. That was a great episode and handled the theme so well, at least for me