‘South Park’ Changes Name to ‘South America’
(variety.com)
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Its time for Team America 2 Make America America again.
Holy crap that would be incredibly. Perfect name too.
I mean Team America is a solid satire until it ends in an unironic endorsement of US imperialism.
Fuck Yeah
“We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.”
They must have some serious fuck you money.
about 1.5bn worth of it.
Yeah, they signed a deal for $2b guaranteed (as in, even if the show got cancelled tomorrow, they still get paid in full) and probably with some great if not total protections against censorship.
It's the kind of deal that no sane TV exec would agree to (especially with the likes of Parker & Stone), but I guess the execs just wanted the show THAT much.
And they're taking great advantage of those loose if even existent reins! ✊🏻😄
Just about a year ago, ‘South Park’ creators reach $1.5-billion streaming deal with Paramount.
So yeah, that's fuck you levels of money.
its kinda funny because I think they did not like them so made this outrageous offer and paramount accepted and they made sure no caveats so they could do all sorts of things that would make paramount want to drop them but they are in too deep.
well that's the thing. It's a catch 22. All the stuff that would make paramount want to drop them? People will get subscriptions to stream it just to see the episodes. So Paramount then wants to keep them from a money standpoint.
I'm just surprised South Park generates that much money to be worth it. It's Microsoft buying Minecraft kinds of money.
That’s even crazier, Minecraft was just one problematic programmer.
Notch wasn't even in the team anymore after he sold out to Microsoft so it wasn't really that much of a big deal
Not just subscriptions, Paramount will also get revenue from youtube for clips, and people share south park clips a lot.
Paramount is gonna bring about their own reckoning, I swear
They're playing both sides and making money from everyone.
It's like Elvis's manager selling both I love Elvis and I hate Elvis buttons.
Most people refer to "fuck you money" as enough money to be able to say "fuck you" to anyone. They're a little bit different in that they started off by saying "fuck you" to anyone, and then got obscenely rich by doing that.
At this point they could absolutely live off the residuals from Baseketball or Orgasmo and still be just fine with what they've got in the bank.
Don't forget about The Book of Mormon rights as well.
Both Matt & Trey are only one Oscar away from pulling off an EGOT.
I like to think they'd be able to get an Oscar, if they really wanted to. Their style just doesn't mesh with the Academy's taste, and I don't think they want to produce something that's 'not them'.
Maybe they could pull off a world war 2 drama with Mr. Hanky. I don't think he'd have that high-pitched voice in the movie. He could play some scruffy veteran who learns about the darkness of himself and humankind, with 'Feeling Good on a Wednesday' levels of frisson. The funniest parts of the movie shouldn't be any more edgier than the sharpest parts of Benigni's Life is Beautiful. The poop will be drawn by the AI engine they created. Every character would be someone from South Park (real people though, so casting might get tough), and they would more or less be their own character in that situation, but not played out for laughs.
I guess the AI Mr Hanky might be a bit too much, but I think they could pull something off that is a stand-alone movie that pays fan service all the way. I'm not saying it's easy to win an Oscar, but Ricky Gervais made Kate Winslet predict she is getting one herself.
Heh well that was relatively popular. The other two are kind of reviled or unknown? Which was intended as a tongue in cheek way of stating that if they didn't make any more money from this day forward they'd still be just fine lol.
They made Book of Mormon with Robert Lopez who has two EGOTs
Live off? The residuals?
Last report I saw, they were each worth like $600m.
This has been their thing for decades now!
I don’t really like South Park but I have always respected their level of “fuck you.” As an example, they went to the Oscars on acid in 2000.
You don’t have to have money to say fuck you, just an appropriate level of contempt.
I think they’d be doing this anyway.
As an example, they went to the Oscars on acid in 2000.
They also made fun of Phil Collins in several episodes after that (Trey lost the Oscar to him).
No, but having enough money to avoid consequences certainly helps.
they went to the Oscars on acid
That's not all of their shenanigans at those Oscars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSxHnsddg20
Trey and Matt each have at least a billion in wealth, so yes.
Good place to put a reminder that anyone who approaches a billion in wealth without having given 99% of it to charity is a sociopath.
“Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of ‘South Park’ to ‘South America,'” the pair shared in a statement. “We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.”
If they changed the name to “Donald Trump is a child rapist”, would paramount be obligated to display the full name on their platform?
only if the show is running for office. given the current supreme court don't be surprised if a television show is soon allowed to do that. corporations are people after all, why wouldn't a television show be?
I had to triple check it's not the onion. Absolutely based.
The other day, I commented that I couldn't tell if the headline that Trump wanted to change New Mexico to New America was real or satire. And reading this headline, I also couldn't tell if it was real or satire.
Although, South Park is satire, so I guess them doing it is... both real and satire?
Schrodinger's Onion
Delicious AND painful
I'm just worried about other people doing this unironically and co-opting the message. The message that we live in incredibly stupid times.
Yeah this is how the internet has been functioning as of late.
Idiots have always taken South Park at face value, rather than realising they’re the ones it’s making fun of. That’s the nature of satire. You can’t fix stupid.
I mean of course they will. I love those dudes
I wouldn't mind South Park being relevant again. It's been a while.
The entire last season was amazing. The show had a few less popular episodes, but they've always been relevant and funny.
Maybe I need to jump back in. I think the last time I really watched it was like 5 years ago and it just seemed like it was trying too had.
Yeah you've been missing out. They've been pretty ruthless since Trump's second term.
First seasons of South Park were kinda shit imo - leaned almost entirely on swearing and things like poop jokes for their humor. There's an audience for that to be sure, but... meh. Then they had a golden era of some outsanding satire - that shit was great. Then it kinda fizzled back to just swearing and poop jokes for a bit.
Previous poster is one of many saying the recent seasons made a comeback, which is awesome to hear. I'm in the same boat you are - kinda clocked out... at least 5 years ago, idr the last time I watched a full episode. Sounds like I've got some catching up to do.
I stopped watching when they did the women's sports episode and after The Cissy was so good too.
