Team America Revisited

It’s raunchy, racist, sexist, bigoted and inflammatory, but perhaps one of the slickest evaluations of politics, actors and current events today.  I have an unfortunate affinity to it, despite the coarseness of its presentation.  In fact, I can’t help but chuckle every time I think of it.

Okay, Team America came out three years ago, but is it still relevant?  I dunno, let’s compare the sequence where Hans Blix is berating Kim Jong-Il, telling the North Korean sociopath;

Kim Jong Il: Hans, Hans, Hans! We’ve been frew this a dozen times. I don’t have any weapons of mass destwuction, OK Hans?
Hans Blix: Then let me look around, so I can ease the UN’s collective mind. I’m sorry, but the UN must be firm with you. Let me in, or else.
Kim Jong Il: Or else what?
Hans Blix: Or else we will be very angry with you… and we will write you a letter, telling you how angry we are.

Seems the Film Actors Guild has come out enforce again, with the noble expert on diplomatic and military matters Sean Penn giving these classic quotes:

  “You [President Bush]… and the smarmy pundits you have in your pocket can take your war and shove it! Let’s unite not only in stopping this war, but in holding this administration accountable.”

“The money that’s spent on this war would be better spent on building levees in New Orleans and health-care in Africa. Iraq is not our toilet. It’s a country of human beings whose lives that were once oppressed by Saddam are now in Dante’s Inferno.”

The previous quote was recent, but the next (from TmAm) shows his real perceptions,

“Last year I went to Iraq. Before Team America showed up, it was a happy place. They had flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the children danced and laughed and played with gumdrop smiles. “

Gotta love those actors!  And give a lot of credit to the Film Actor’s Guild…