South Park released Wednesday, September 12 a trailer for season 22. Fifteen very enigmatic seconds, ending with this hashtag: #cancelsouthpark. Is it the announcement of the end of the series or a joke from the creators?
Confusion reigns among fans of the South Park series. Wednesday, September 12, the Twitter account of the series broadcast the trailer of season 22. The latter will begin on Wednesday, September 26 on the American channel Comedy Central. It may well be this season to be the last, however. The trailer is unusual to say the least. No images of the upcoming season, very little sound, only these three sentences: " America is coming to a turning point. What are we going to do next? #cancelSouthPark (#annulonsSouthPark)". What do we really need to understand? Is the TV series really at risk of being cancelled? Or is this another Trey Parker and Matt Stone joke? It is indeed the black humor and borderline jokes that have made the fame of the show.
A hashtag that has spread
Then? Joke, not joke? South Park's Twitter account is silent in the face of questions from fans. What is certain is that the series is talking about her. More than 2,000 tweets with the hashtag #cancelsouthpark have flourished on social networks. Among them, some theories to explain to explain this unexpected slogan. Some fans believe that the show's creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, started the hashtag to make it easier for fans and producers to accept the show's ending. Tired of their creation, Parker and Stone would try to put an end to it so that they could tackle new projects. Others believe they recognize the style of jokes that the series regularly features. This hashtag would prepare the ground for different jokes around the cancellation of many series like Roseanne or Bates Motel.
It is impossible at the moment to know if #cancelSouthPark is a joke or a serious announcement. See you on September 26, during the first episode of season 22, to find out.
