10/13/2023 0 Comments Cartman voice changeThe first special utilizes Randy Marsh’s pot stand as a surrogate for the series, titling his highly lucrative new strain “the Pandemic Special” in order to question whether it’s right for some businesses (like TV) to profit off a pandemic while so many others went under. Both hourlong specials - last October’s much-ballyhooed “Pandemic Special” and Wednesday night’s “Vaccination Special” - tell self-reflective stories set in our especially trying times, and both put not only this country on blast for its abhorrent pandemic response, but they also take a hard look at the show itself. Is “South Park” going through an existential crisis? Two episodes aren’t typically enough to elicit concern over a decades-old series already renewed through 2022, but when these two episodes are the sole output in 15 months, one has to wonder.
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