A writer Thursday is warning South Park creators they might have just gone too far, saying "I'd be calling up the lawyers" after Wednesday night's episode.
"Indeed, with the benefit of time, [Matt] Stone and [Trey] Parker seemed much more willing to tackle some of the most irresistible major MAGA news of the week: reports that Peter Thiel is obsessed with the antichrist," Slate's David Mack writes. "Yes, the tech billionaire and J.D. Vance patron is the latest figure to find himself being animated in the signature South Park two-dimensional style. If I were Thiel, I’d be calling up the lawyers I used to help bring down Gawker to sue Comedy Central for making me look like Skeletor."
Thiel, a billionaire Trump administration ally who pushed to bankrupt and ultimately take down Gawker, was mocked by the show using a popular 6-7 meme, adding how "the phrase has terrorized teachers across the U.S., as young students find any excuse they can to reference the two numbers."
In the episode, "Thiel drops by South Park Elementary to educate the children on the impending arrival of Satan and President Donald Trump’s 'butt baby,' aka the antichrist."
There's also a parody themed to The Exorcist, Mack writes.
"Shocked by the children’s outburst, Thiel becomes convinced the 6-7 meme portends something numerologically dark, related to the antichrist. It soon becomes clear that Thiel is acting under the command of the minion-esque Vance, who, as was revealed in the last episode, is trying to ensure Satan’s baby is not born so that he can inherit the presidency. The billionaire follows the 6-7 trail to Eric Cartman, the one child who seems to be enjoying the meme so much that he is projecting devilish amounts of vomit each time it makes him laugh," Mack writes.
The episode also features Trump visiting a Planned Parenthood, disrobing for an exam in a highly awkward scene, and later engaging in a series of bizarre and inappropriate acts in the Oval Office and presidential bedroom that push the boundaries of decency for television.
