South Park, the hit television series, came in the news for yet another controversy as multiple clips from a special television episode went viral on the internet on Friday. The videos went viral for taunting Disney’s support of liberal politics in the US, a move which has often resulted in the company receiving criticism. The clips took aim at Disney’s CEO Bob Iger and the president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy.
As per reports, the episode displayed its character Eric Cartman who endures a bad dream about his friends getting replaced by a diverse group of women who were being vocal about the patriarchal system.
The clips went viral on X (formerly known as Twitter) and showed Cartman conversing with a psychiatrist about his nightmare stating that he wanted to scream and say why every character was getting replaced by “someone who is diverse.” Then the episode showed the character Kenny saying that it was not their fault, but Kathleen Kennedy’s.
The clips also showcased Cartman dreaming about Iger and expressing the same to the psychiatrist saying that the stocks of Disney are “going down and down and down” and Iger asking him about what was happening to his stocks.
This isn’t the first time that South Park has shown controversial content on the show. Here are 4 episodes which have gained massive controversy.
In this episode, South Park character Stan tried to convince his friends that they were taken by a cult formed by the famous magician David Blaine. In order to come out of this cult, Stan enlisted a group of Super Best Friends (a satirical take on DC Super Friends) that consisted of Jesus, Moses, Buddha and the Prophet Muhammad among other gods as well.