{"id":12536,"date":"2026-09-28T18:11:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/the-simpsons-showrunner-praises-south-parks-political-humor-im-not-as-brave-as-matt-and-trey\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:11:41","slug":"the-simpsons-showrunner-praises-south-parks-political-humor-im-not-as-brave-as-matt-and-trey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/the-simpsons-showrunner-praises-south-parks-political-humor-im-not-as-brave-as-matt-and-trey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simpsons Showrunner Praises South Park\u2019s Political Humor: \u201cI\u2019m Not as Brave as Matt and Trey\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Selman, showrunner of\u00a0The Simpsons, has praised the \u201cbrave\u201d political approach of its contemporary long-running animated show\u00a0South Park. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Selman clarified his\u00a0earlier comments about\u00a0avoiding political statements, saying\u00a0The Simpsons addresses broader themes because of its longer\u00a0turnaround times. He also called himself a \u201ccoward\u201d compared to South\u00a0Park\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Please click the link below to read the full article.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Selman, showrunner of\u00a0The Simpsons, has praised the \u201cbrave\u201d political approach of its contemporary long-running animated show\u00a0South Park. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Selman clarified his\u00a0earlier comments about\u00a0avoiding political statements, saying\u00a0The Simpsons addresses broader themes because of its longer\u00a0turnaround times. He also called himself a \u201ccoward\u201d compared to South\u00a0Park\u2026 Please click the link below [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}