However, the show has scarcely experimented with new formats or styles during this time.

This could be due to focusing on the video gameSouth Park: Snow Day.

Years before that uncanny AI fan trailer, there was a live-actionSouth Parkepisode.

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These episodes are often highlighted as low points for the show thanks to content, not form.

The deadpan performances of human actors felt discordant in comparison with the frantic exaggeration of their animated counterparts.

Meanwhile, immature gags that work well in cartoons failed to find purchase in live-action.

Kyle and Cartman looking concerned in South Park

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Notall ofSouth Parks parodieswork, but the live-action format was the primary problem with this episodes story.

However, this comedic impact is lost when they are portrayed by older actors.

Seeing real children swear and engage in the age-inappropriate antics of Cartman and company would be unsettling.

Cartman stares angrily with dirt all over his hands and mouth in South Park

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