tv South Park Episode Deemed ‘Best in a Decade’ After Spoofing Clavicular and Backrooms
South Park is racking up rave reviews after taking on Clavicular, looksmaxxing and aura farming in its latest episode.
In the third episode of the the animated series’ 29th season, titled “You Like That On Your Face,” the group of regular characters gets stuck inside of Sephora’s “Backrooms” while looking for anti-aging products, which is a double hit satirizing impossible beauty standards as well as one of the year’s biggest horror movies.
Kyle’s younger brother is then involved in a live-streamed aura battle — spewed with Gen Z slang like “mogging,” “maxxing” and “cringe” — with a schoolmate named Chase Chadwick who looks undeniably like controversial influencer Clavicular.
Although the episode strayed from jokes about Donald Trump, viewers seemed to love the comedy show’s takes on current internet trends.
“Holy s*** this new South Park episode was actually the best episode in like a decade, genuinely never thought they would make something that good again,” one fan wrote on X. “Instant classic in my opinion.”
Another added: “Recent South Park episodes haven't been as good as past ones because reality is so much crazier than whatever Matt [Stone] or Trey [Parker] can come up with but the most recent episode was hilarious.”
Others agreed that it was the “best episode of this season so far,” with one writing, “Possibly the best episode in a decade, despite all the silly lingo.”
The new episode went ahead with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s plan to change the show’s name to South America, which was announced ahead of the season 29 premiere. The renaming pokes fun at Trump’s recent attempts to rename various geographical locations by announcing that their show will be renamed South America.
Last month, Trump suggested renaming the state of New Mexico as New America. He previously signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, and another one to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Those changes have been reflected in online maps created by companies including Apple and Google.
In a statement to The Independent, Parker and Stone said: “Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount - a Skydance Capitulation.”
In an interview with The New York Times last year, the co-creators said that Trump was featured so heavily in the last season because of the way his presidency has affected culture.
“It’s not that we got all political,” Parker said. “It’s that politics became pop culture.”
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