Monday, January 22, 2007
Idiocracy
Overall a great social spoof of the logical extension of America's slide towards junk culture and corporate influence in culture and government. Probably would have made a much better short film as the plot only exists to foist scene after scene of absurd cultural mostrosities. i.e. the number one movie attraction is called Ass, which is a closeup of, yeah, an human male ass, which occasionally farts. Or this memorable line, where a character is trying to pronounce rehabilitation..."What are you trying to read that word for? Are you a fag?" I don't think Mike Judge, for all his talents, should have gone the writing alone but it still stands up as a sharp, but not vicious attack on our consumerist culture.
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Pvt. Joe Bowers: [Addressing Congress] There was a time when reading wasn't just for fags. And neither was writing. People wrote books and movies. Movies with stories, that made you care about who's ass it was and why it was farting. And I believe that time can come again!
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