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46122, I'd say the humor is subversive in that regard, as opposed to
Posted by ZooTown74, Fri Oct-27-06 03:12 AM
being blatant.
(I've also seen the movie)
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I say it's subversive mainly in the way it exposes and makes fun of so-called "Bible Belt" values (the dinner and rodeo scenes are particularly nasty), the very same values that our current president espoused and helped to get him (re)elected.
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Otherwise, yes, I agree, the political humor is not on the surface. Maybe political's the wrong word to use?
As far as box office goes, I believe the true barometer of its success will be... wait for it...
... whether or not your man GLC will want to go see it. Hopefully he'll let us know next week...
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Now let's just see how many ways the preceding statement/question will be misquoted, misread, and misunderstood. Annnnd... GO!
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