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| 2004-10-15 |
| IT REMAINS TRUE that people beset by an unhealthy thirst for politics tend to see politics everywhere. This monomania was most recently on display with the left's embrace of Roland Emmerich's fine disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow because they thought it was an assault on George W. Bush. Brace yourself for more silliness. Today Matt Stone and Trey Parker's Team America: World Police debuts. Sean Penn has already taken to the ramparts, fuming at the movie's depiction of him and lamenting its right-wing message which will "encourage irresponsibility that will ultimately lead to the disembowelment, mutilation, exploitation, and death of innocent people throughout the world." Further out on the left, the Daily Kos is similarly disturbed by Team America: "The apparent goal of the movie was to make it a satirical jab at every facet of the 'war on terror.' Problem is, I think our side got the worst of it." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 Michael Moore is blown to bits as well, and not by Monica Lewinsky. Finally, a movie the whole family can enjoy. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-10-15 10:19:00 PM |
| #7 These guys are just funny as hell. No sacred cows and great humor. It's a must see. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-15 8:07:59 PM |
| #6 f*ck it bro's I'm seeing this thing. I liked "that's my bush" as well. Bush backing independent I think the Parker/Stone are pretty damn funny. Their skits of satan & saddam being homo lovers in hell makes me lmao. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-10-15 7:56:06 PM |
| #5 "In no particular order: Hans Blix is fed to sharks, the city of Cairo is destroyed, Helen Hunt is cut in half with a samurai sword, and certain of the puppets engage in various acts of sexual depredation." Michael Moore is blown to bits as well, and not by Monica Lewinsky. (I get the warm fuzzies just thinking about all this.) |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-10-15 2:23:30 PM |
| #4 What has Messrs. Penn and Kos so hot is that Hollywood actors are portrayed as self-important, callow, anti-American jerks. And this is inaccurate . . . how? |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-10-15 1:21:09 PM |
| #3 As a side note, Sean Penn’s next film is The Assassination of Richard Nixon. He plays a common man who is driven to assassination by the president’s political corruption. Until someone steals his guns out of the trunk of his car. Then he's just shit outta luck. The End. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-15 12:23:31 PM |
| #2 Any movie that has a "shattering dénouement" is guaranteed to be a piece of crap. Some kind of natural law. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-10-15 12:14:25 PM |
| #1 ...As much as I hate to admit this, I will probably go see TA this weeekend - give Stone and Parker this, they have skewered both sides equally. BTW - I saw one ep of 'That's My Bush' - I laughed so hard I cried. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-10-15 11:50:30 AM |