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The Bad Boys of Summer South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Movie Review by Spyder Darling
Look out Austin Powers, from a little snow covered red-neck mountain town
comes a classroom of foul-mouthed cartoon "childrens" that promise to make
shepherd's pie out of your reheated secret agent sequel. "Yeah baby,"
Cartman, Kyle, Stan, Kenny, Chef et al are ready for a box office battle.
If you think Dr. Evil is a worthy adversary, wait until you get an earful of
what these obscene pre-teens have to say.
Two middle fingers up, way up! That's what I give the triple-talented Trey
Parker in tribute to his transfer of South Park, from hilariously offensive
TV series to unbelievably outrageous feature film. Parker directed,
produced, co-wrote and completed a true tour de farce by also writing the
music and lyrics to the movie's sixteen songs, including the
insidiously inappropriate "Uncle Fucka" that has preview audiences either
holding their sides in hysterics or heading for the aisles in abject
disgust. In a mere ninety minutes Parker's wide-eyed poo mouthed moppets
use the F-word more times than Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor and Andrew Dice
Clay's careers combined. Damn, that's a lot of F-ing cursing! And,
surprisingly, it doesn't get boring for a single frame. Such extreme misuse
of the English language guaranteed South Park an R rating and will probably
cost several million in receipts, but I salute Trey's decision not to pull
a single punch line in his pursuit of artistic freedom and flaming fart
jokes.
By comparison, Mike Myer's mega hit, the quasi-hip Spy Who Shagged Me is as
innocent as a new born baby, ready to be kicked through the nearest plate
glass window by one of Parker's tyrannical tikes. "Oh behave," indeed.
South Park's script co-written by Matt Stone and Pam Brady takes complete
advantage of their release from network censorship and pushes the comedic
envelope as far as it can go without picking up an NC-17 rating. Hey,
they've gotta save something for the sequel.
In the genre of movies made from TV series, South Park easily stuns the
unintentionally funny Star Trek flicks, puts the triple X in X-Files and
don't even get me started on Leave It to Beaver, though that's a title
Parker and his pals would really have some fun with.
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut also manages to squeeze in a few lessons
about censorship, free speech, racism and tolerance as the story evolves
around a mother's outrage at the death of the ever-doomed Kenny who is
killed in a bizarre flatulence accident, imitating a routine he saw in an
R-rated Canadian film, Asses of Fire. The parents' ire at the arts and
denial of their own responsibility soon snowball into a war against our
neighbors to the north and is highlighted in "Blame Canada," one of the
movies most pleasantly and politically incorrect moments. Eventually Satan
himself gets involved aided by his new friend and lover, Saddam Hussein.
The fate of the world for the next two million years or so is in jeopardy because of one less-than-flame-retardant snow suit.
It really is as
complicated as it sounds, but don't worry, you'll be laughing too hard to
care and will want to see it again to catch up on parts missed while trying
not to soil yourself from the shocking silliness of it all. Also on hand
and subject to satirical flaming are President Clinton, Brooke Sheilds, the
Baldwin Brothers and Winona Ryder, none of whom authorized the use of their
names to the film. (F- them if they can't take a joke.) To their credit, the
Arquette family and Olympic skater Brian Boitano are mentioned and had no
problem being associated with Parker's masterpiece of poo.
Of course, I could go on, but why bother? If you aren't sold by now, then
forget it. Sorry Austin, consider your beatle-booted booty kicked but good.
June 1999
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