The Simpsons Showrunner Praises South Park’s Political Humor: “I’m Not as Brave as Matt and Trey”

Matt Selman, showrunner of The Simpsons, has praised the “brave” political approach of its contemporary long-running animated show South Park. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Selman clarified his earlier comments about avoiding political statements, saying The Simpsons addresses broader themes because of its longer turnaround times. He also called himself a “coward” compared to South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Buy South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut on 4K “What I should have said the first time was just ripped-from-the-headlines daily cataclysm humor is best left to shows like South Park that can do a fast turnaround, where it is up to us to address the deeper recurrent themes of the dystopia that we live in,” Selman said. “So we’re not shying away from it, but when you’ve got South Park, who’s so brave and so funny and so topical, leading the charge, it frees us up to do more humor about how the world has gotten dumber and worse.” Selman added that the previous interview “definitely made me look like a giant chickens***, but whatever, I’ll take it. I can handle it. I can handle being labeled a coward. I am a coward.” “Here’s the headline: I’m not as br...