Re: OT: Do politics and humour mix?

From: Mac (foo_at_bar.net)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 04:36:06 GMT

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 01:48:47 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:

> I guess that's kind of a dumb question. I was interested to note my
> own reaction to the trailers for this new movie, "Team America: World
> Police" by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. From what I've seen in trailers,
> and heard from Parker and Stone on some talk show, the movie sounds really
> dumb. But it's by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park.
> It has to be gut-splittingly funny - I saw "South Park: Bigger, Longer,
> and Uncut" five times before I finally heard all the jokes through the
> laughter. :-)
>
> But what I'm worried about is that I get a feeling that it's going
> to come out on the neocons' side. Parker and Stone on TV the other
> night looked, and sounded, like Young Republicans. And all they
> talked about was making a movie using marionettes - very non-
> controversial.
>
> And it would destroy the fabric of the space-time continuum if
> Trey Parker and Matt Stone turned out to be for the neocons.
>
> Thanks,
> Rich

I haven't seen the movie, but how can you have a movie called _Team
America: World Police_ and be pro-neocon?

The title of the movie itself ridicules one of the tenets of faith nearest
and dearest to neocon hearts? Doesn't it?

Anyway, for what it's worth, the reviews I've read say that it mercilessly
makes fun of everybody.

The reviewer for my hometown Newspaper hated the movie, though, and my
wife thinks it looks stupid. So I may have to wait for it to come out on
DVD.

--Mac

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