White People Renovating Houses

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"White People Renovating Houses"
South Park episode
Episode no.Season 21
Episode 1
Directed byTrey Parker
Written byTrey Parker
Production code2101
Original air dateSeptember 13, 2017 (2017-09-13)
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"White People Renovating Houses" is the first episode in the twenty-first season of the American animated television series South Park. It is the 278th episode of the series overall, and first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on September 13, 2017.

The episode parodied the use of

Confederate flags in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville
.

Plot

unemployed
. Randy is irritated by their protest, but later decides to help them get jobs in which they serve as replacements for the smart speakers by responding to users' voice commands.

Cartman is dismayed to find his

load bearing walls in his house via renovation without his second floor collapsing. Randy offers to prop the ceiling up while knocking down the wall and delights Darryl with his redesign of the house. Cartman finds a pile of abandoned smart speakers in an alley and takes them home. Heidi goes to Cartman's house to apologize for upsetting him, but his mother says she cannot get him to leave his room. He is then shown laughing as the smart speakers comply with his requests. Before Heidi can apologize to him when they arrive at school, he ends their relationship, saying that he cannot tolerate her "abusive
" treatment of him, and walks away.

Cultural references

The episode features the character "Jim Bob" performing a country-esque parody of American rapper Kendrick Lamar's song "Humble".[1][2][3][4]

Reaction

Technical occurrences

Ryan Parker, writing for

Google Homes, reacted to the various commands Cartman spoke during the episode, including setting unwanted alarms and adding sexual items to shopping lists. Viewers reported on Twitter that they had to turn off their devices to prevent issues and posted videos of the reactions.[5]

Critical reception

Jesse Schedeen from IGN rated the episode a 5.8 out of 10, writing that it "tackled many subjects and failed to combine them into a proper whole."[6] Jeremy Lambert with 411 Mania rated it a 5.0 out of 10, stating "[the episode] didn't exactly provide hope for this year. There were some funny moments and I appreciated how Matt and Trey spun the narrative, but it didn't 'wow' me the way I was hoping."[7]

The A.V. Club contributor Dan Caffrey gave the episode a C+ rating, commenting "Parker and Stone never take their redneck/white nationalist stereotypes far enough from the source material for it to work as a joke that can stand on its own. And because they borrow so heavily from the Charlottesville protests without ever fully skewering the participants, the episode doesn't work as social commentary, either."[8] Writing for Den of Geek, Chris Longo gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars, and stated "From a show that had more biting satirical commentary on topics like Safe Spaces and PC culture, George Zimmerman, and Black Lives Matter, I expected a much stronger response to the events of Charlottesville from a South Park season premiere."[9]

References

  1. ^ Blistein, Jon (September 14, 2017). "Watch 'South Park' Parody Kendrick Lamar's 'Humble'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Monroe, Jazz (September 14, 2017). "Watch "South Park" Spoof Kendrick's "HUMBLE."". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  3. Consequence of Sound
    . Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  4. ^ Connick, Tom (September 14, 2017). "South Park parodies Kendrick Lamar's 'HUMBLE.'". NME. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  5. ^ Parker, Ryan (September 14, 2017). "'South Park' Episode Triggers Viewers' Amazon Alexa and Google Home". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Schedeen, Jesse (September 13, 2017). "South Park: "White People Renovating Houses" Review". IGN. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  7. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (September 13, 2017). "South Park 21.1 Review – 'White People Renovating Houses'". 411 Mania. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  8. ^ Caffrey, Dan (September 13, 2017). "Trump's America still haunts South Park's uneven season premiere". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  9. ^ Longo, Chris (September 13, 2017). "South Park Season 21 Episode 1 Review: White People Renovating Houses". Den of Geek. Retrieved September 13, 2017.

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