Yup we watched the episode last night. I hadn't watched South Park since college. It was a great episode.

It's free to watch here: https://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s23e02-band-in-china

I feel like an idiot. It only just occurred to me that the episode's name is "ban(ne)d in China".

I honestly thought the entire Metal Band B-Plot was just to get that pun into the name.

South Park Studios and Comedy Central are having a great week.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't one of the biggest episodes in South Park history. And certainly the most viewed episode in China, haha.

Why do you believe people in China are watching this? Does south park usually have a lot of chinese viewers?

South Park was HUGE in China in 2000s, counterfeit plushies and merchandise everywhere.

There was recently a brouhaha over a cosplayer being accused of blackface for cosplaying a league of legends character named Pyke.

This cosplayer was a finalist and the competition in question removed her over it.

When I first encountered it this morning my thought was that she ultimately wins because she's getting exposure that she never would have gotten before, and most people aren't ridiculous.

That... doesn't really seem the same.

So what would be the PC way to cosplay a specific dark-skinned character when you are really light-skinned?

Black people seem to be able to dress up as white characters without using white face just fine.

Be a light-skinned Pyke. The costume IMO is the most important part. If you have the look, you don't need to put on black-face to have a killer cosplay.

that's not Pyke.

There is no PC way, that's the problem. People just need to get over themselves.