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South Park: Season 19 - Starts September 16

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So I'm finally in the gentrified part of town and these references are just so spot on. I was just looking for that SoDoSoPa kind of name. Poor poor people losing their homes and these are so hipster.
 
That was absolutely incredible.

The final segment showing the shoppers in Whole Foods hit so many nails on the head haha.

Especially the nervous, socially insecure families hahahaha.
 
Kenny is the awesomest big brother.

Episode was sort of lost on me, but I guess those commercials of SoDoSoPa are somewhat like the real thing they have in the US? If so, yikes! That's extremely obnoxious.
 
Jackpot said:
3 episodes on the same variation: "Millennials are laaaaaaammeeee". which was never exactly the most cutting edge of topics. First on their PC-ness (in a week where the candidates of one of the two political parties debated about how evil foreigners were and how women shouldn't have control over their bodies, a movement suggesting that maybe black people don't deserve to be gunned down in the street was being demonised, and a child was being arrested for being a Muslim), then a continuation of it showing characters' over-reaction to it, and then urban gentrification and hipsters.

Lampshading it with their surrogate old-person characters only cuts you so much slack.
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Uh, what? This SoDoSoPa thing has been going on for a decade +
 
Mr Cola said:
Not sure whether its because im from England but some of these episodes, including this one, have flown completely over my head, no laughs at all. I enjoyed last weeks because of the absurdity but episode 1 and 3 not much at all.
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Doesn't London have a problem with people being forced out of their homes by developers driving up prices of homes in the area?


kirblar said:
Point being, it ain't Millenials who are financing these things. They have neither the power, money nor influence to do so.

Notice on the show who's spearheading the whole shebang.
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That's the thing, I have to imagine that Parker and Stone live in a SoDoSoPa style neighbourhood in NYC. So it's kind of weird.

In the same way it's hard to take some of the satire in GTAV seriously when you find out that one of the Hausers bought a 10 million dollar apartment in Brooklyn. lol
 
Acerac said:
I'm genuinely ignorant of situations like this, but since Kenny's family still owned the land couldn't they have just sold their suddenly more valuable property? It seems unlikely that they rent, I doubt many landlords would allow their property to fall in to such a state.
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That's not the first step. The first step when property values go up is that property taxes go up. So they *have* to sell, and they have to move further away from schools, businesses, places of work, etc.
 
Darksol said:
I don't think you've lived in shitty places before. There's plenty of landlords that don't give a shit about maintaining their property, so long as they keep getting the rent cheque each month.
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Has it ever been implied that Kenny's family rents their home? If they did, it kinda seems unlikely that they'd have been able to afford it after the renovation.

For what it's worth, I've lived in Buffalo since birth, my housing situation has not always been top tier. I'm familiar with landlords in lower income situations. When dealing with clients that are living paycheck to paycheck many landlords like to make sure they can rent out the property again if need be. Granted, it's not a steady rule.

Dr.Acula said:
That's not the first step. The first step when property values go up is that property taxes go up. So they *have* to sell, and they have to move further away from schools, businesses, places of work, etc.
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I follow, it's just that this episode didn't have that happen. Given how this episode progressed Kenny's family shoulda made off like bandits.
 
firehawk12 said:
That's the thing, I have to imagine that Parker and Stone live in a SoDoSoPa style neighbourhood in NYC. So it's kind of weird.

In the same way it's hard to take some of the satire in GTAV seriously when you find out that one of the Hausers bought a 10 million dollar apartment in Brooklyn. lol
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They weren't really tackling urban gentrification here so much I don't think- I see these things popping up all over the suburbs in my area, tons of small "walkable" areas with all the cupcake shops you could ever want.
 
bndadm said:
I feel they are describing downtown Long Beach with this SoDoSoPa.
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They are, but this stuff is mostly just restricted to the Pike. It's kinda weird that you have to drive all the way to Belmont Shore just to get to Whole Foods, but at least the have the nice Vons near 3rd and Lime. I doubt any of that gentrification is gonna fly all that well up on the North side, or as they're trying to call it now "Virginia Village".

Seriously, they could have come up with a better name than "Virgina Village". I'ma stick to calling it the North Side.
 
Incredible episode. Those live-action segments murdered me.
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And yeah, they are pretty much hitting the nail on its head
 
Nice Episode. I liked the slow pace and that it was different from the previous two.

That scene with Kenny and his sister was just sweet :3

And I feel like they were setting up that SoDoSoPa area just for the game. Let's see if it's in there.

But I love that they continue with the PC principal and Garrison thing. I hope this will last the whole season.
 
Seven4sses said:
They are, but this stuff is mostly just restricted to the Pike. It's kinda weird that you have to drive all the way to Belmont Shore just to get to Whole Foods, but at least the have the nice Vons near 3rd and Lime. I doubt any of that gentrification is gonna fly all that well up on the North side, or as they're trying to call it now "Virginia Village".

Seriously, they could have come up with a better name than "Virgina Village". I'ma stick to calling it the North Side.
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That Whole Foods down by Belmont Shores is a joke, can't believe people go to thwt goofy store.

Also, there's a sushi place in that shopping plaza called White Wasabi that is to die for. Highly recommend it.
 
Vincent Grayson said:
Given how much the GG folks seem to *love* this season "calling out SJWs", I'd hope that if they were going to do an episode on GG, that they'd wait until the very end of the season for maximum effect.
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Glorious. Matt and Trey are pretty good at passing around the turd sandwich and making sure everyone gets a bite. I see some anti-anti-pc stuff in the future.
 
I caught up with the first two eps!

I really enjoyed them. As someone who lives in the Netherlands and knows jackshit about US sports and most persons referred to, I probably missed some references. The core message was totally relevant and relatable imo. Even though it refers to current topics, I am sure there is plenty of timeless material here. I also like how they frequently refer to older SP material.

Dr.Acula said:
Glorious. Matt and Trey are pretty good at passing around the turd sandwich and making sure everyone gets a bite. I see some anti-anti-pc stuff in the future.
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Yeah, would be great. GGers totally miss the point here if they think SP is "on their side".
 
Bedameister said:
I'm sorry but I don't know what GG and SJW is. Can someone explain?
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SJW = Social Justice Warrior = term originally used to refer to self-centered jackasses who use progressive causes as an excuse to be assholes. (This is basically the PCU guys in Ep1) Reappropriated by conservatives to refer to literally any progressive, making it near-useless as a phrase in casual conversation since deciphering which of the two versions you mean is often not possible without massive amounts of context.

GG= gamergate = you probably don't want to know more than that.
 
The quick shot at the end showing SoDoSoPa abandoned and empty was kinda depressing :/

The wholefoods representative judging the town on how much effort they put into faking being progressive was absolutely on point .... The whole episode was an amazing critique of how groups can put so much effort trying to change their image without actually changing their ways - often ruining lives along the way. He was judging how shallow they were.

Also the citywok toilet was amazing :)
 
I've enjoyed every episode so far, though I don't think any of them are classic status necessarily. Still, it's crazy how strong South Park is still going.
 
As far as comedy goes this was the worst ep so far, couple chuckles but no real laughs. It felt like it was building toward something that was going to be hilarious but it never got there. Still enjoyable but not one I'll have many repeat viewings of.

The bit at the end with Kenny was great.
 
have to admit I hadn't the foggiest what they were getting at with the sodasopa thing in the latest episode but it was funny.

Have to say I have a feeling the final episode is just going to be bat shit crazy
and PC principle will be killed off by cartmen in a sick way
 
Rox598 said:
have to admit I hadn't the foggiest what they were getting at with the sodasopa thing in the latest episode but it was funny.

Have to say I have a feeling the final episode is just going to be bat shit crazy
and PC principle will be killed off by cartmen in a sick way
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I had the same idea. Cartman sure is planning some vile shit to end the pc thing and it is going to be fucked up.
 
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