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November 11, 2009 Comedy Central
Cartman is chosen to read the morning announcements at South Park Elementary, but he turns the forum into a bully pulpit to unleash criticism of the student-body president.
Did something happen last night? Some misbehavin'?
Personally, I didn't think this proved Kanye's douchebaggery any more than his amazing self-realization moment after South Park lampooned him. No matter, it only took seconds for someone to make this mashup:
Anyway, I a music blogger acknowledge that Kanye West did something that other music bloggers seem to think will end his career, a statement so ridiculous that I'm surprised to not hear it coming from Kanye himself. Michael Jackson and R. Kelly survived (charges of and video of, respectively) pedophilia (and in Kelly's case, um, watersports) and a little rockstar outburst of self-righteousness will destroy Kanye forever? If only...
Last night's "Gay Fish" episode of South Park (you can watch it here) tore into Kanye West's mammoth ego with scathing and hilarious wit, and boxed Kanye so far into a corner that were he to respond with indignation would've just played into Trey Parker and Matt Stone's depiction of him as a self-obsessed, humorless blowhard. The episode ends, however, with Kanye having an equally melodramatic and ridiculous change of heart, prompting him to dive into the sea to, well, be a gay fish. Kanye posted a response on his web site (caps his, not mine):