On Wednesday Oct. 8th, South Park spoofed Lorde for a second week in an episode titled, “The Cissy”.
For our reader’s who may have missed last week’s article on the first South Park episode centered around Lorde, here is a brief synopsis about the series and the initial spoof.
South Park is an American animated comedic series directed at mature or adult audiences, which first aired in August of 1997 on the American television channel, Comedy Central. The show is created and produced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Over the years, South Park has become known for shock and off-color humor, use of profanity, satirical humor that tackles a wide range of current event topics, and celebrity spoofs. Now, South Park is shown on comedic television channels in many countries around the world.
On Wednesday, Oct. 1st, South Park aired an episode called “Gluten Free Ebola”. In that episode, the plot line revolves around Lorde’s celebrity status, and a proposed concert she’ll put on for South Park residents. But, Lorde is unable to make the event. So, middle-aged South Park character, Randy Marsh, steps up to fill in by dressing up and performing as the New Zealand singer.
{Spoiler Warning: Continue reading at your own risk, as the rest of the article will include spoilers for South Park’s latest episode, “The Cissy”.}
This week, South Park explored a storyline about gender identity that involves Lorde in an episode entitled, “The Cissy”. At the start of the episode, Cartman – one of the main boy characters in South Park – concludes that he can use the girl’s bathroom at school, if he identifies as transgender. Middle-aged Randy Marsh is revealed to be doing the same – identifying as trans* to use the women’s toilet at his workplace.
Next, it is revealed that Marsh dreams of being a pop singer. In his spare time, he has been recording demo tracks, and manipulating his vocals using studio effects and Auto-Tune. Eventually, he realizes that he has true talent, apart from singing in the toilet, and begins to accept his alter ego.
Check out Randy’s journey to alter ego acceptance:
These two South Park spoofs were not lost on (the real) Lorde, who posted her reaction on Twitter. She wrote:
And, then she wrote that she doesn’t watch the show, but was nonetheless pleased with the depiction.
Australian singer-songwriter, Sia, provided the vocals on one of the spoofed songs, “Feeling Good On A Wednesday”, according to Consequence of Sound.
Sia is best known as a songwriter for other artists. She’s written material for Rihanna, Katy Perry, Flo Rida, Céline Dion, and Beyoncé. In July, Sia stepped out from the shadows when she released her sixth solo album, 1000 Forms of Fear, that featured the hit single Chandelier.
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