I can't begin to tell you how excited I've become about seeing Matt Stone and Trey Parker's new obliteration of all that is cherished by the self-serious, "Team America: World Police." My anticipation rises after reading their interview in Salon, in which they instruct the uninformed to not bother with that voting thing:
Stone: All we ever said was that we thought that uninformed people should not vote -- on either side of the political spectrum. It doesn't matter who you're gonna vote for. If you really don't know who you're gonna vote for, or are uninformed, or haven't really thought about it? Just stay home. Don't let people fucking shame you into going to the polls.
Parker: If you have absolutely no idea, fuck it.
Stone: If you really don't know or you're just going to vote for George Bush because he's already in office, or you're gonna vote for John Kerry because he's on the cover of Rolling Stone, don't do that. That's lame. Just stay home. That's all we ever said.
They also have a swift summary of their proposed foreign policy, which seems reasonable but I don't feel comfortable repeating here. It's just that vulgar.
I won't be able to catch the movie until Sunday... too much work, play and family swirling about me at the moment. If you'd like to spend your Sabbath in the company of obscene marionettes, give me a call.
Posted by mesh at October 15, 2004 04:49 PM | TrackBackJust got back from seeing it. Holy shit. My review will follow shortly.
Posted by: ryan at October 15, 2004 09:52 PMI really liked what they said, "celebrities giving their opinions on politics and foreign affairs is like Cookie moster telling the people of the world who to vote for." Or something similar to that affect. I too want to see it, though I find them offensive, they're insight/cynical view into the world is almost redeeming in a sick twisted way. Though I think I might wait for the video version as it soudns like they're not happy with the theater version.
Posted by: holton at October 15, 2004 10:45 PM"I promise I will never die."
Posted by: paul at October 17, 2004 11:44 PMMan, waiting for the video version will almost certainly shave off a few years of your life. The stuff they cut out of it was all heavy NC-17 stuff, such as one scene involving a golden shower between two of the puppets. I figure I can't handle much more than the theater version.
Posted by: scott cunningham at October 18, 2004 09:35 AMThing is, the sex scene wasn't particularly egregious -- marionettes don't have genitals. The whole joke was in the positions, which were too ludicrous to be erotic. Or maybe I'm just calloused by the film-reviewing gig.
Posted by: mesh at October 19, 2004 02:24 PM