Sunday, April 29, 2007

Pooping on the World

During the first half of Team America, I was tempted to say that the movie's creators were equal opportunity offenders -- not politically inclined too heavily one way or the other. When Team America was fighting terrorists in the Middle East, the team (enacting conservative policies to "hunt terrorists") appeared pretty stupid themselves, nearly killing a member of their own team.
But by the end of the movie, it's pretty clear that this film errs on the side of right-wing political humor. Puppet celebrities of Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon and Helen Hunt mock the real life political efforts of politically liberal celebrities like George Clooney and Matt Damon. They are painted as being so pacifist and stupid that they actually aid Kim Jong-il in his efforts to 'blow up the world,' and get in the way of US army (Team America) that is going to save humanity. Then, the actors are practically brought to wooden tears by a speech about being "pussys." After some powerful rhetoric about assholes pooping on the world, the uninformed liberals now see the light and let Team America fight the North Korean dictator.
Team America saves the day.

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