Team America

Okay, so it wasn't quite as funny as I expected. Some great moments - the sex scene is the highlight for me. It ain't no South Park.

Contrary to Ken Turan's moping about the political position of the film being uncommitted and back and forth, I found their position to be perfectly clear and very smart.

The world, they say, is filled with Dicks, Pussies, and Assholes. Pussies don't like Dicks, because sometimes they get fucked by Dicks. But Assholes are the worst because they shit all over everything. Pussies can't deal with assholes, but Dicks can, if necessary, fuck the assholes. America are big dicks. The Axis of Evil are bing assholes. France and Germany are pussies.

Turan's position is bullshit. One doesn't need to be committed to a pre-assigned political position and allow one's political thoughts to be constricted by how ever the politicians or media has chosen to frame the debate. Turan wants to be able to read the film as an anti-war film or a pro-war film, and cannot think outside the current frame of debate. I hate that kind of narrow thinking.