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A right-wing movie.

posted 9 years ago by IceboxMovies
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Trey Parker and Matt Stone claim they aren't voters, but when I saw Team America, I found it to be unmistakably right-wing. Parker and Stone take a lot of shots at the left in this movie; they attack liberal Hollywood celebrities who merely believed that the War in Iraq was wrong. I suspect Parker and Stone supported the War in Iraq -- especially when you consider their pornographic portrayal of Saddam Hussein in "Bigger, Longer & Uncut".

It is also telling that Bush is never once parodied in this movie. Parker and Stone claimed it was because every other comedian had already parodied Bush, and they preferred to find new targets.

Maybe they just didn't parody Bush because they believed he was doing the right thing.

This movie attacks people who were against the war. It does not attack a single individual who supported it. The point of view of this movie is quite clear.

[–] Royalcourtier 8 years ago

You are an idiot. The film satirises the US obsession with interfering with other countries, your ability to cause mass destruction when supposedly trying to help people, and the incompetence of your military and intelligence etc. It is more left wing than right.

[–] EmpireKing 8 years ago

It absolutely blasts the right wing and is making fun of American values in general and the way the US goes overboard with everything which is one of the reasons why it's so good.

[–] Quartzhillfreak 8 years ago

You must be the fun police .

[–] BourbonKing (5788) 7 years ago

it is said that they're parodying America's involvement in other countries, but imho all they did was render it in a cartoonish manner much in the same vein as Hogan's Heroes taking a lighthearted approach to Nazi POW camp life.

Other responses here claim that this movie pokes fun at the Pro-War crowd but there's nothing in movie to suggest that at all.

[–] JustinJackFlash (161) 7 years ago

Eh?

[–] BourbonKing (5788) 7 years ago

Yeh,

This movie does nothing but present a cast of caricatures, some more biased and mocked than others but there's no Anti-War message at all.

[–] JustinJackFlash (161) 7 years ago

Wtf?

[–] Prelude (1443) 7 years ago

Just as with their other creation, Southpark, they make fun of everyone; left, right, themselves (US), others. Anything and anyone is fair game. It's part of what's so funny.

[–] Moonglum9 (11340) 7 years ago

Well they shouldn't make fun of anyone because it might hurt someone's feelings! You can still have comedy and not be mean to people. For instance: What did one rock say to the other rock after it made a mistake? You're dumb as a rock.

See. That's as funny as anything and yet it didn't demean anyone.