If there have been any doubt that South Park would proceed to mercilessly harp on present political leaders after that controversial Season 27 debut, properly, look no additional than this teaser for the following new episode of the long-lived animated comedy.
Comedy Central launched a preview for “Sickofancy,” which airs on Wednesday, August 20 at 10/9c. In it, stoner towel Towelie heads to the nation’s capital on trip and is instantly greeted with tanks and armed guards exterior of the White Home. That is, little doubt, a press release on the current determination by Donald Trump to order a federal takeover of D.C., so followers can virtually definitely rely on the episode to attract some backlash.
After the episode, which is the third of the season, South Park might be off air for 2 weeks till the fourth episode premieres on September 3. After that, a brand new episode will once more observe on September 17.
South Park first made waves in its Season 27 debut in July when the premiere featured an animation of Trump’s genitals, which creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone refused to blur, in a scene with Devil. The scene was a variation of South Park‘s earlier romantic relationship between Devil and Saddam Hussein, which was a significant a part of the story within the 1999 movie South Park: Larger, Longer & Uncut.
The second episode of the season additionally drew ire from the Trump administration, particularly Kristi Noem, the secretary of Homeland Safety, who was satirized within the section and who known as her depiction “lazy” and “petty.”
In response to criticisms of the present over its courting of those controversies, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison mentioned on CNBC, “Matt and Trey are singular content material creators. And I feel over the 27 seasons of South Park, I feel they proved that they’re fairly good equal alternative offenders.”
The corporate introduced in July that it had made a cope with Parker and Stone for 5 extra years of South Park (50 episodes).
South Park, Wednesdays, 10/9c, Comedy Central