Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
"You're from another time, Barbrady," aired Mayor McDaniels after South Park's once-beloved cop character accidentally shot an unarmed latino child, "and the last thing that needs to go." This was of course not just in reference to the town's ongoing PC transformation, but the final outmoded remnant of South Park's good ole days. Lest we forget, Officer Barbrady was the first and only authority figure on the series for years.
It hadn't occurred to me until this week, but it had been a long time since we'd seen a Barbrady-centric episode. And from the moment he showed up to PC Principal's fake-out call, it was clear Barbrady didn't belong. Even his character design -- a bright-blue uniform with matching peaked cap -- stuck out like a sore thumb next to the other officers. (Indeed, Sergeant Yates has headed up most police-related storylines for the latter half of the series.) So it was interesting, and a little bit sad, to see Barbrady shooed away by his fellow townspeople, even as one of the councilmen slipped up by calling Barbrady's victim a Mexican. ("Latino-American. Sh*t.")
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"You're from another time, Barbrady," aired Mayor McDaniels after South Park's once-beloved cop character accidentally shot an unarmed latino child, "and the last thing that needs to go." This was of course not just in reference to the town's ongoing PC transformation, but the final outmoded remnant of South Park's good ole days. Lest we forget, Officer Barbrady was the first and only authority figure on the series for years.
It hadn't occurred to me until this week, but it had been a long time since we'd seen a Barbrady-centric episode. And from the moment he showed up to PC Principal's fake-out call, it was clear Barbrady didn't belong. Even his character design -- a bright-blue uniform with matching peaked cap -- stuck out like a sore thumb next to the other officers. (Indeed, Sergeant Yates has headed up most police-related storylines for the latter half of the series.) So it was interesting, and a little bit sad, to see Barbrady shooed away by his fellow townspeople, even as one of the councilmen slipped up by calling Barbrady's victim a Mexican. ("Latino-American. Sh*t.")
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