South Park lauded for mocking Disney's 'woke gender and race-swapping' reboots: 'A national treasure'

Clips from a TV special of the show "South Park" went viral online Friday for mocking Disney CEO Bob Iger, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and the Disney Company's widely criticized pandering to liberal politics.

In recent years, Disney has faced a series of challenges ranging from accusations from conservatives that the company is pushing a liberal agenda to a number of their movies either underperforming or failing at the box office. 

Some of their new films, such as "The Little Mermaid" (2023) and the upcoming "Snow White" featuring Rachel Zegler, have faced backlash for pandering to diversity politics. Lucasfilm's productions under Kennedy have also alienated many long-term fans.

South Park summarized that the episode focuses on the character Eric Cartman, who "has a nightmare that all of his friends have been replaced by a diverse group of women who express their grievances about the patriarchy."

Multiple clips from the episode went viral across X, formerly known as Twitter, including one where Cartman described his nightmare to a psychiatrist about kids at school being replaced, saying, "I wanna scream and I'm like, ‘Why are they replacing every single character with someone who is diverse? But then Kenny’s like, ‘It’s not our fault it's ‘cause of Kathleen Kennedy,' but then Kathleen Kennedy’s just like, ‘F--- it, make it more lame!’"

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Cartman later described how in his dream, "Disney stock just keeps going down and down and down and then Bob Iger is all like, ‘No! No! What’s going on with my stocks?'"

Multiple social media users were tickled by the clips and storyline. 

"Timcast" co-host Luke Rudkowski shared a clip from Cartman's nightmare and credited the series, saying, "South Park out did themselves again."

He also shared a clip of Cartman's friends expressing their concern that Cartman, a fellow White child, has been suddenly replaced by an adult Black woman, whereby the principal berates them, saying, "If you boys don't think Eric can be a Black woman then maybe the problem is you," and asking, "You probably don't like that Indiana Jones got replaced by a female either, huh? You probably have a problem with Black Spider-Man, too."

"Protect South Park at all cost," Rudkowski wrote.

"This is funny. South Park is a national treasure," actor Dean Cain wrote, sharing another clip from the episode.

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"South Park remains the most important show on television," conservative commentator Brandon Morse wrote, reacting to the trailer of the special episode shared from South Park's official account.

Tesla founder Elon Musk reacted to the same trailer with laughing emojis and wrote that it was "timely."

End Wokeness, a popular account on X, credited "South Park" for having "nuke[d] Hollywood over woke gender and race-swapping in movies" and "obliterated Hollywood over their anti-white wokeness."

"South Park takes on woke Disney and doesn’t miss!" digital strategist and conservative X user Eric Spracklen wrote.

Disney did not immediately respond when FOX News Digital reached out for comment.

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George W. Bush throws out ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of World Series

George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, tossed the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night.

Bush took the bump at Globe Life Field, the home of the team he used to own in the Texas Rangers, before they took on the Arizona Diamondbacks.

This was the 12th time Bush has thrown out a ceremonial first pitch at an MLB game, and his fifth time as former president. This was his first ceremonial first pitch since the 2017 World Series at Minute Maid Park, the home of the Houston Astros. That was also the last time a president, current or former, had thrown out a first pitch until Friday. 

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While Bush toed an MLB rubber 11 times prior to this one, perhaps his best, and maybe the best ever, was his perfect strike before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series at the old Yankee Stadium.

It was just seven weeks after 9/11 and roughly 13 miles away from Ground Zero when Bush took the mound in a bulletproof vest underneath an FDNY sweater. Beforehand, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter famously told him in the clubhouse, "Don't bounce it - they'll boo you."

Bush strutted directly to the mound with confidence (seemingly not worried at all about Jeter's remarks) to a standing ovation, looked at the Bronx faithful, gave a thumbs up, and fired a strike as chants of "USA" rang throughout the ballpark. The Diamondbacks, ironically, the Rangers' opponent in this year's Fall Classic, won that series in seven games, stopping the Yankees short of a four-peat.

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This is the fifth time Bush has thrown a first pitch at a Rangers game - the first was in 2000 on Opening Day, the same year he won the election, while he was the state's governor. This was also his fifth ceremonial first pitch at the Fall Classic, and the third in which the Rangers were playing in (also, 2010 and 2011). 

Bush also has thrown out the first pitch at the College World Series, Little League World Series, and Japan Series.

William Howard Taft was the first president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch when he did so on April 14, 1910 before the Washington Senators took on the Philadelphia Athletics - he threw the pitch to Hall of Famer Walter Johnson. 

With the exception of Donald Trump and Joe Biden, each president has thrown a ceremonial first pitch either during or after their time in office, although Trump threw out a first pitch at Fenway Park in 2006.

The last time a sitting president threw a ceremonial first pitch was when Barack Obama did so on Opening Day 2010.

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