Already — in a mere 30 seconds — it has all the usual suspects blowing gaskets and clutching pearls.

The new special is called South Park: Joining the Panderverse, and while I think you probably have a sense of where this is headed, take a quick gander at the trailer itself, and then we’ll reconvene. …

What better way to satirize this than “re-casting” a bunch of 9-year-old boys as adult women of color?

It’s absurd, and yet it feels as though we’re continuously getting close to something like this happening for real.

[I might even have to pay a subscription to see this episode when it airs. — Ed]