Tis the time of year for new TV shows , and ABC ’s up-to-the-minute pilot pick - up is about refugees from the futurity as an emblem for the battle in modern in-migration . In other words , South Park did it .
The Crossing , announced this calendar week , is about refugees from a war - torn country who seek institution in an American Ithiel Town . Only , gimmick , they ’re really Americans from 25o eld in the future , who ’ve traveled back in meter for opportunities . There may also be a conspiracy involved , because every show need one now . It ’s an interesting metaphor that plays on very relevant conversations ( and fears ) about American immigration in 2017 .
But again , South Park did it .
Back in 2004 , South Park released “ Goobacks , ” an sequence about mass from the future who journey back over 1,000 years looking for oeuvre . It ’s a thinly veiled allegory for Mexican in-migration , with South Park ’s residents happy to hire the clip immigrants to perform family tasks at cheap rates … until their own jobs are taken out . It ’s also the episode that introduce the classic South Park catch phrase “ They took our line of work ! ”
It ’s great to see television espouse original scifi , even if it ’s yet another show about time travel , but when the guy who take The Simpsons already report everything have already tackle it , you know your premise is unoriginal . Of course , it ’s just a pilot film at this point , so there ’s a chance it wo n’t get pick up to series .
[ Entertainment Weekly ]
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