![]() Did Cartmen convert to Judaism to mess with Kyle, or did he actually find a good Jewish woman in Yentl (Mona Marshall)? Maybe some of both? And even if that’s the case, what does Kyle owe to other Jews? It’s a funny concept that isn’t explored enough beyond children named Moishe, Menorah, and for some reason, Hakim, plus some poorly pronounced Hebrew.Ĭartman’s best gags, like pretending to be a robot named A.W.E.S.O.M.-O 4000, have always been elaborate to the point of absurdity. It’s also quite cathartic seeing Zoom’s headquarters burned to the ground, in anticipation of the ever-just-around-the-corner final defeat of the coronavirus.Īt times, it can feel like throwing jokes against a wall and seeing what works. This leads to a lot of Post Covid’s stronger jokes, like every store having a “Plus” or “Max” at the end of their names, promising more and more outside while offering the exact same crap inside. Parker and Stone are tremendous maximalists, blowing out any situation to its logical endpoint. And if that pisses you off, then there will be a joke about how masks look like diaper chins. If a joke about the supposed popularity of woke comedy seems hacky, don’t worry: in a few seconds you’ll be hearing about how unvaccinated people are selfish. If you don’t like one joke in Post Covid, another comes along in five seconds. It’s Kenny’s death that drives the plot of Post Covid, but in many ways the main showcase here are the jokes. Stan, Randy, and living Alexa Image: Paramount Plus Until, that is, in what certainly won’t be a spoiler for anyone who has watched South Park before, he dies. Kenny has become a famous scientist, traveling the world and bettering humanity. Cartman has, against all odds, become an Orthodox rabbi. The only two people from the South Park gang that really moved on from their petty childhood feuds seem to be Cartman and Kenny. Kyle’s life isn’t quite as sad, but he doesn’t seem to have accomplished anything either. Stan’s job as an “online whiskey sampler” gets exactly one line, and has entered into a marriage of sorts with a personified Amazon Alexa (Delilah Kujala) who mainly yells at him to stop being so pathetic while also letting him know about great deals on headphones. Stan and Kyle (voice by Parker and co-creator Matt Stone) are at the center of Post Covid, living boring, miserable adult lives. The technology may change, and some individual circumstances may change, but the world has gotten stuck in a pattern that just won’t unlodge. People were supposed to get kinder, but Post Covid shows a world that is very much the same. “We’re at where a lot of people are at, which is the future kind of sucks,” Post Covid writer and director Trey Parker told The Hollywood Reporter back in October. ![]() Whenever anyone announces some societal change, like insects replacing meat on menus, they make sure to announce that it’s because they are in the future, to which Stan and Kyle remark, “I know.” In the future, lead singers wear diapers on their heads Image: Paramount Plus Post Covid takes places in a world where kids stare mindlessly into VR headsets, cryptocurrency is mandatory, and doorbells sing about the future. Post Covid, now streaming on Paramount Plus, reminds the viewer at every opportunity that the movie (which, at 59 minutes, is hard to distinguish from a 47-minute special episode) is set in the future. ![]() This is the last punch of a joke that runs throughout the entire hour-long TV movie, which is set in the year 2061. People were supposed to get kinder in the future,” Randy Marsh says near the end of the new special South Park: Post Covid. ![]()
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