That show aged really well. Explicitly calling out real-world American government shit like Gladio, Operation Paperclip, Iran-Contra, etc. Mixing up the setting every few years to refresh the well of jokes. A refreshing lack of homophobia and transphobia, which was all too common in other animated adult stuff from the late 2000s. I’m still a fan.
I finished 13 seasons of it recently and my overall feelings about it are “meh”. I guess my ideas of good “adult animation” are wildly different than what everyone else likes. There is homophobia, a lot of -phobias and -isms actually, but usually from the more asshole characters and doesn’t really bother me.
The callouts of the CIA are just surface level stuff that you see from someone who reads a little bit of history, but still not convinced that the country they live in is shit. Like yes, the CIA did indeed overthrow a democratically elected government - do you have anything else to add? No? Alright.
I didn’t really care about the politics of it. I just thought the show repetitive and tiresome to watch after a few episodes
That show aged really well. Explicitly calling out real-world American government shit like Gladio, Operation Paperclip, Iran-Contra, etc. Mixing up the setting every few years to refresh the well of jokes. A refreshing lack of homophobia and transphobia, which was all too common in other animated adult stuff from the late 2000s. I’m still a fan.
Yeah I watched a few of the season 2 eps last year expecting it to have aged terribly but I had the same experience
I finished 13 seasons of it recently and my overall feelings about it are “meh”. I guess my ideas of good “adult animation” are wildly different than what everyone else likes. There is homophobia, a lot of -phobias and -isms actually, but usually from the more asshole characters and doesn’t really bother me.
The callouts of the CIA are just surface level stuff that you see from someone who reads a little bit of history, but still not convinced that the country they live in is shit. Like yes, the CIA did indeed overthrow a democratically elected government - do you have anything else to add? No? Alright.
I didn’t really care about the politics of it. I just thought the show repetitive and tiresome to watch after a few episodes