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South Park shoot at Saudi Arabia’s sponsorship of stand-up comedy and professional sports And Secretary of War Pete HegsethObsession with social media in this week’s Thanksgiving-themed episode.
In the new episode “Turkey Trot”, airing Wednesday, November 26, the city’s annual turkey trot turns to Saudi Arabia for sponsorship. Meanwhile, Hegseth arrives with the War Department and mistakes the incident for an Antifa insurrection.
The episode made repeated references to the controversy that erupted at this October’s Riyadh Comedy Festival, which also involved high-profile comedians. dave chappelle, pete davidsonKevin Hart, Louis C.K., jimmy carr And Jack Whitehall received a substantial fee in return for the performance by agreeing not to joke about religions or the Saudi royals.
In the episode, the townspeople speculate about whether Saudi Arabia will sponsor its own event, concluding: “I mean, they’re giving everyone else money. Why not us?”
A promotional video for the race includes the phrase: “Derogatory remarks towards the Saudi Royal Family are strictly prohibited.”
Later in the episode, Cartman argues with Tolkien Black, who has decided not to participate in the event due to Saudi Arabia’s involvement.
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“What, Tolkien, you don’t like that Saudi Arabia is buying American goods?” Cartman asks. “They’re trying to be progressive, right? You want them to go back to what they were doing? Do you want Saudi Arabia to go back to cutting the number of people and paying Kevin Hart? Is that what you want? You can’t complain about a country trying to come into the 21st century.”
Pete Hegseth’s character spends much of the episode convincing his War Department soldiers to help him shoot material, while he urges his viewers to “like and subscribe”.
earlier this month, South Park Co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker said in an interview that it was impossible for them to avoid politics in this season.
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“It’s not like we’ve all become political,” Parker said. new York Times“What happened was that politics became pop culture,”
Stone said it has become “taboo” to speak out against the Trump administration. He continued: “Trey and I are attracted to that like flies to honey. Oh, he is Where is the taboo? over there? Well, then we are there.
Parker explained that his targets could come from all sides of the political spectrum.
“We are very low-level people,” he said. “Any extremist of any kind we make fun of. We did that for years with the woke thing. That was hilarious to us. And this is hilarious to us.”