![]() On top of that there’s a brilliant sendup of mega budget, Jerry Bruckheimer produced action barnstormer flicks that is so dead on from everything to excessive destruction of world monuments to rousing Zimmer-esque music cues to explosive mayhem-for-mayhem’s-sake. Then there’s the ruthless, no prisoners taken attitude Parker and Stone have in sardonically crucifying every aspect of American culture, media, foreign relations and jingoistic, stars n’ stripes patriotism. ![]() The choice to use creepy little bobblehead puppets is both a testament to vision and craft while also providing a baseline layer of simple hilarity just from watching these little bastards move around, hold guns, operate vehicles, shift pricelessly orchestrated facial expressions and. Anyways, Team American remains one of the funniest films I’ve ever seen from several different perspectives. Satire *should* be nihilistic by default and leave the side-taking, agenda pushing to the Oscar bait dramas. I think it flew over his head that that’s what Trey Parker and Matt Stone were aiming for this ballistic, balls out political satire and given their track record from South Park the decision to be utterly nihilistic about world issues should have come as no surprise. That surprised and made me chuckle a lot considering the fact that ol’ Rog usually had a clear head for objectivity and was never ruffled so easily by such things. At a time when the world is in crisis and the country faces an important election, the response of Parker, Stone and company is to sneer at both sides - indeed, at anyone who takes the current world situation seriously. “I wasn’t offended by the movie’s content so much as by its nihilism. ![]() Roger Ebert had this to say about Team America: World Police:
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