Garrison being absolutely hilarious and great in this one with his song and impersonating Donald Trump. "Where My Country Gone?" Is a really good episode with Mr.
"Stunning and Brave" Is an okay episode introducing PC Principal but I felt Eric Cartman could have been handled better. Whereas the previous season only had a couple of subplots continuing and feeling connected, this one is all one giant, epic, fully connected storyline and although that's admirable, I don't like it as it led to an obsession with just one subject matter (political correctness) and it left no room for traditional humor.
We're still an anxious, lonely, and isolated nation, and we're still destroying ourselves and those around us with guns.Season 19 is even worse than its predecessor when it comes to continuity. (Denver's LoDo, LoHi, and RiNo neighborhoods look a lot like South Park's gentrified areas.) But in the show, as in reality from Columbine to San Bernardino, and everything that has happened in between, one thing hasn't changed. South Park, the fictionalized town, has also changed.
South Park, the TV show, has changed in nearly two decades. It leads to some tense moments, where the gun is pointed at a child, at a parent, at the viewer. Staring down the barrel of these deadly weapons, they all have rational conversations, and they solve their problems with words. Stan's family is having an argument at the dinner table and out come the guns. "I'm not going to tell you again Eric, it's time for night night," Cartman's mom says, pointing a gun back at her son. Cartman wants to stay up and watch a movie, so he points a gun at his mom. Throughout the episode, instead of solving simple issues, the characters point guns at each other. And as the townspeople investigate, they arm themselves in the only way that's practical against any unknown threat: with guns. Advertisements are controlling our actions, our wants, our consumption of the truth (nothing new there). Late in this season, Parker and Stone introduced the source of the gentrification and the appearance of PC culture. At the end, this season has been pretty much devoid–with the exception of Caitlyn Jenner as a recurring character–of pop culture references. But in season 19, everything is connected: gun control, inequality, politics, freedom of speech, and a feeling of collective anxiety. South Park's one-off episodes have often taken on single issues, like the royal wedding or Kanye West. There's a new principal, PC Principal, who aggressively loves "nothing more than beer, working out, and the feeling that you get when you rhetorically defend a marginalized community from systems of oppression." There's now a vibrant downtown area around Kenny's house (with a Whole Foods). The town has done two main things this season: gentrify and embrace PC culture. Let's sum it up so we can talk about last night's finale. Parker and Stone constructed a complex, 10-episode narrative with a cohesive story arc and recurring themes. South Park's storytelling capabilities did, too. The little town of bigots, starkly opposed to progressive ideas, physically and morally transformed this season. That all changed this fall with season 19– South Park's most ambitious yet. But in recent seasons, South Park had plateaued.
The show has gone from two guys doing dumb, funny shit with paper to a scathing, satirical institution. Just take a look at the present intro, with its digital graphics and new characters. South Park has come a long way from the crappy little construction paper cut-outs that it consisted of 267 episodes ago.