The leaked video, mirroring the disturbing footage that emerges from slaughterhouses, puts an end to Randy’s burger business, and reminds the audience that while vegan food can still be junk food, it is still slaughter-free. Of course, there’s a massive difference between beef burgers and plant-based, highlighted by the scene in which Randy and Towelie massacre a herd of now-worthless cattle, high out of their minds. It’s still highly processed and addictive, just wrapped up in new packaging. The “meat” of this episode comes from the surreal sight of weed-burger addicts, enjoying the intoxicating bliss that accompanies ‘Tegrity burgers the sight of a teacher obsessively consuming her THC-laced burger is slightly unsettling, and hilarious.Īs Cartman’s schoolmates wait in terror for him to realize that the cafeteria has switched to artery-clogging meat substitutes, it turns out that meat was never the issue for Cartman the freedom to eat junk food was his only real concern. The co-opting of well-meaning movements by cold corporations has been a recurring subject of season 23, but this episode doesn’t have a great deal to say, other than “vegan burgers can be bad for you too.” Meat substitutes are shockingly high in saturated fats and salt, sure, but what do you expect from fast food chains? The concerns highlighted in “ Band In China” are still being played out in real-time, most recently with the NBA and Blizzard scandal, and it’ll be interesting to see if Randy or the boys will return to China before the season is over, as a kind of victory lap.Ī homage to Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood provides a greed-ridden businessman to rival Randy, a “Goo Man” who can provide processed crap to meet the demands of hungry customers who have lost their appetite for mass-produced meat. It’s an amusing, somewhat subtle jab at James, without detracting from the focus of the episode. "Yes, we do have freedom of speech, but at times there are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you are not thinking about others and only thinking about yourself!"
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