>>149060052>>149060055For me, South Park went to shit when the kids (other than Cartman) stopped being assholes. Its initial appeal was how Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny weren't like your usual protagonists and were a bunch of little pricks. Not to mention felt like a fever dream version of my own childhood since no other show captures how assholish kids can be as well as early South Park
Come Season 8 or so and Stan and Kyle became of pair of goody two shoes fags. And as the show went on, that happened to the other kids as well, to the point Cartman was the only jerk left. If that drugs are bad m'kay episode came out today, Cartman would be the only one laughing (and that too exaggerated) while the others would poker face and Kyle would tell Cartman to knock it off.
So yeah, South Park went to shit when Stan and Kyle became boring good guys. The nu animation feeling soulless is just shit cherry on top.