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On Tuesday, Aug 6, South Park clapped again on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on social media. The federal company used a teaser picture from the satirical TV present to advertise recruitment for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on X. The animated collection didn’t take the surprising co-sign frivolously.

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Responding in traditional South Park style, the present’s official X account fired off a snarky put up, asking, “Wait, so we ARE relevant? #eatabagofd*cks.” While the remark was crude, it mirrored the present’s signature irreverence and refusal to play good, even with the federal authorities. The present’s QRT has been considered over 10.5 million instances with over 29K retweets.

The promo picture, taken from the teaser trailer for Season 27’s second episode, confirmed masked ICE officers cruising by way of South Park in vans. The teaser additionally included Mr. Mackey driving alongside the brokers with an AR-15 of his personal. The implication within the episode is that ICE would raid the fictional city.

This snippet rapidly went viral, garnering over 1 million views and 33K likes on YouTube. Meanwhile, the total episode is ready to air this week on Comedy Central. 

DHS tries makes use of South Park for ICE recruitment

The company’s use of this teaser picture to recruit for ICE left followers of the present confused and offended. Even extra so, it caught the eye of the present’s creators.

The Homeland Security promo got here simply days after South Park torched President Donald Trump within the July 23 premiere. In the episode, an animated Trump lies in mattress with Satan and laments his micropenis. Unsurprisingly, the White House didn’t respect the depiction.

In response, the White House issued an official assertion to Variety, stating, “This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.” The assertion went on to name South Park a “fourth-rate show.”

In the second episode of the season, the present doubled down, and the animated Trump attends a cocktail party the place he gropes Satan’s leg underneath the desk, as seen within the teaser clip.

South Park is extra common than ever

Despite the shade, South Park’s numbers informed a special story. The Season 27 premiere drew 5.9 million viewers throughout Comedy Central and Paramount+ inside its first three days, per Nielsen and inside experiences. That made it the present’s largest season premiere since 1999.

Titled “Sermon on the ‘Mount,” it also took jabs at Paramount Global, Comedy Central’s mum or dad firm. Not solely that, the present’s co-creator Trey Parker made an look at Comic-Con in San Diego to apologize for the episode, saying mockingly, “We’re terribly sorry” to anybody they might have offended with the brand new episode.

South Park‘s creators didn’t pull their punches with the season premiere, and lots of followers hope that they proceed on that trajectory with the remainder of the season.

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