There’s a lot about the making of South Park that seemingly hasn’t changed over the years. The operation is still headed up by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the pair still perform most of the show’s voices themselves and they still procrastinate writing the show until the very last minute.
But there is one notable change at South Park Studios this year, and it involves security.
The Hollywood Reporter just pointed out that South Park’s production offices recently added “a real-life security guard out front” for the first time, who is “uniformed, if not visibly armed.” While no one from the show would comment on the matter, this isn’t exactly a shocking development, considering that South Park has ruthlessly ridiculed the Trump administration this season, prompting more than one MAGA meltdown.
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And, even more concerning, a number of far right social media users actually blamed the show for the assassination of Charlie Kirk, with zero evidence, since it occurred just one month after he was parodied in season 27’s “Got a Nut.”
We’re guessing that the new security guard’s role will mostly just involve stopping innocent passersby and then telling them to “move along.”
It does seem more than a little surprising that South Park Studios didn’t already have a super-heavy security presence, considering that Parker and Stone have rarely shied away from ridiculing the rich & powerful and publicly commenting on controversial topics.
The duo received death threats for the now-banned “Cartoon Wars” episodes (one person was even arrested) and the Church of Scientology famously hired private investigators to spy on South Park employees and rummage through their office’s garbage after “Trapped in the Closet” aired, which sure is a lot of drama for production offices of a cartoon show. Presumably things aren’t quite so stressful over at Bob’s Burgers HQ.
Hopefully, things will be fine and the new South Park Studios guard won’t have to deal with anything nearly as traumatic as what those poor South Park Mall security guards endured on Black Friday.
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