satire

Will Tracy’s script, an adaptation of the glumly funny 2003 Korean satire “Save the Green Planet!” is itself a study of online brain rot, which has become exponentially more perilous over the last two decades.

“The president was using social media to make a point,” Johnson said, calling it “satire.”

“He is using satire to make a point. He is not calling for the murder of his political opponents, and that’s what these people are doing,” Johnson said.

But fans of the long-running satire will still get four additional episodes this year, if “South Park” co-creator Matt Stone and Trey Parker stick to the schedule they outlined.

The guest spot gives Colbert an intriguing new chapter: as he transitions away from nightly hosting, he steps into fiction, satire and dramatic irony all at once.