South Parkmay be used to stirring up controversy, but its creators are now reliving a familiar cycle of outrage and triumph. Days afterSouth Park’s Season 27 premieredrew the ire of theWhite Housefor its scathing portrayal ofPresidentDonald Trump, the show’s first and only theatrical movie,South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, is enjoying a timely return to the spotlight.The cult-classic animated musical is now streaming for free onPluto TV– and it’s never felt more relevant.
While the recent episode, “Sermon on the Mount,” depicted Trump as a “Satan-loving dictator” with “a comicallyminiscule manhood” and has already pulled in5.9 million viewersacross platforms, the film that started it all is now back in 4K and free to stream. And make no mistake:Bigger, Longer & Uncutis just aswild, sharp, and subversiveas ever.Released in 1999 – less than two years afterSouth Parkfirst debuted –Bigger, Longer & Uncutdidn’t just expand the show’s scope. It challenged everything from studio expectations to MPAA censorship with unapologetic irreverence. It also introduced the world to a plot involving Satan datingSaddam Hussein, America going to war over a Canadian musical, and a showstopping ballad called “Blame Canada” that landedTrey ParkerandMatt Stonean Oscar nomination.
How Controversial Was ‘South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut’?
Paramount Pictures originally wanted the movie to be PG-13, but Parker and Stone refused. “We would only do [a movie] if we could make it R-rated,” Parker insisted. The studio showed them charts explaining how much more money they’d make if they dialed it down – but theduo doubled downinstead. “They had a problem with words, not bullets,” Stone later said of the MPAA.
Despite the battles– some of which nearly got them sued over trailer footage or promo disputes involvingKid Rock– their vision held. And the result was a profanity-laced satire thatcritics lovedandfans still quote25 years later. Love it or loathe it,South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncutis a milestone in animated comedy. It’s the blueprint for the show’s chaotic brilliance – andits refusal to compromise is exactly what continues to draw fans(and enemies) today.
So if you’re in the mood for one of the most anarchic, tuneful, and politically incorrect animated films ever made, now’s your chance.South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncutis streaming free onPluto TV.
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
