Sassy Justice

Sassy Justice is a web television series created by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Peter Serafinowicz that uses deepfake technology to insert unrelated celebrities and politicians into the fictional world of a television reporter.[1] The first episode was posted to YouTube on October 26, 2020.[2] The series was created by the newly-formed Deep Voodoo studio, made up of over a dozen computer graphics artists assembled for a film project that was interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is based on a series of impressions that Serafinowicz developed of a "sassy" Donald Trump.[3] The creators have a handful of shorter videos alongside a 15-minute first episode that may be turned into an ongoing series, film, or other type of project.[3]

Premise

The series follows reporter Fred Sassy of Cheyenne, Wyoming (played by Peter Serafinowicz, whose face is superimposed with a deepfake of Donald Trump) who investigates the news itself, including the dangers posed by media manipulation and fake news.[2]

Critical reception

Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing considers the first episode "terrific deepfake satire".[4]

Celebrities deepfaked
  • Julie Andrews as Louise "Lou" Xiang, a computer technician; she is actually played by Sarah Alexander[3]
  • Michael Caine as a fictionalized version of himself (episode 1, actually Serafinowicz)
  • Al Gore as a fictionalized version of himself (episode 1, actually Parker)
  • Jared Kushner as a fictionalized version of himself (episode 1, actually Betty Boogie Parker)[3]
  • Donald Trump as a fictionalized version of himself (episode 1) and Fred Sassy, local investigative reporter; both are in reality Serafinowicz
  • Ivanka Trump as a fictionalized version of herself (episode 1, actually Parker)
  • Chris Wallace as a fictionalized version of himself (episode 1)[3]
  • Mark Zuckerberg as the Dialysis King of Cheyenne (actually Stone)[3]

See also

References
  1. Skinner, Tom (October 27, 2020). "South Park Creators Launch New Deepfake Satire Series Sassy Justice". NME. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. Colburn, Randall (October 28, 2020). "South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone Deepfake Trump for New Web Series, Sassy Justice". The A. V. Club. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  3. Itzkoff, David (October 29, 2020). "The South Park Guys Break Down Their Viral Deepfake Video". The New York Times. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  4. Frauenfelder, Mark (October 26, 2020). "Sassy Justice with Fred Sassy: A Terrific Deepfake Satire Show". BoingBoing. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
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