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South Park: The Damned (2016)
An interesting turn, excellent yet some how terrifying.
This is one is worth a writing a first review.
Firstly, it might actually be the darkest episode of the series, in a season vying for darkest already.
It's certainly filled with meta humor, Examples: Pointedly, they present the viewer with two presidential candidates, both whom have no clue what they're doing: One openly, the other subtlety; and it's played with humorously.
We watch the boys struggle with ramifications of the last episode, in a clear parody of the teen murder/death movies that've appeared over recent years. There's a gender war still brewing, and the fallout is just beginning to settle.
There's also serious drama, Mackey actually tells a troubled student, "Do it already" and Gerald ignores an open cry for attention from Ike. These are humorous moments, yet these minor points establish the tone panic and desperation.
We've seen the signs, but this is a transformative episode, as we watch South Park become more about the message(s) than the humor. Parker and Stone are competent, indeed excellent, story tellers. The satire is clear, but this troubling.
Since I was a boy, South Park has speared and lampooned social issues in a way that is both honest and hilarious in a vein only George Carlton could compete with. I have grown up laughing but now I'm thinking.
Is South Park a Canary?