In latest weeks, Paramount has taken a sequence of actions that critics say are geared toward placating the Trump Administration to safe approval for its merger with Skydance. Earlier this month, the corporate agreed to pay $16 million to Donald Trump to settle a (baseless) lawsuit over the enhancing of a 60 Minutes interview. This was adopted final week the cancellation of the Late Present with Stephen Colbert. And earlier in the present day, reviews surfaced that Skydance had assured Trump’s FCC chairman it might remove DEI initiatives on the firm. Actually it appears like the one non-Trump-related enterprise undertaken by Paramount this month was coming to phrases with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone on a brand new $1.5 billion deal to convey international streaming rights to Paramount+, plus the dedication of 5 years’ price of recent episodes.
Depart it then to Parker and Stone to ship half-hour of tv that little question has Skydance/Paramount in panic sweats over the chance that their deal simply acquired derailed. The season 27 premiere of South Park, which aired Wednesday night time on the Paramount-owned Comedy Central, was a full on skewering of Donald Trump, his limitless use of lawsuits to bully his critics, the proper wing’s over-obsession with overcorrecting cancel tradition and political correctness, and the capitulation of company entities like Comedy Central’s personal guardian firm (which, want I remind you, simply got here to phrases with Parker and Stone on a $1.5 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL a minimum of 24 hours in the past).
Maybe most unflattering for Trump was Parker and Stone’s determination to painting him as Canadian—full with the basic flapping head animation—however utilizing his precise face reasonably than a stand-in (as Mr. Garrison had served in earlier seasons). What’s extra, a number of scenes depict Trump with a micro penis, cuddling in mattress with Devil. The episode culminates with a PSA (a reference to reviews that Paramount can be offering the Trump Administration PSAs as a part of its 60 Minutes settlement settlement), which contains a human Trump impersonator, bare in a desert, once more with a micro penis. Parker and Stone additionally launched an internet site the place the PSA might be seen on-line at hetrumpedus.com.
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Hopefully Parker and Stone acquired that cash up entrance.