Posted by
dolfinwriter on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:58:39 AM
I took my wife today to see American Carol. It was very funny, and for a retired Navy guy, there were parts that had me in tears--at times from laughing, and at other times with pride to be an American.
I would describe it as part Charles Dickens, part Charlie Daniels, part Leslie Nielsen (of the Naked Gun series), and part 24 TV Series with Keifer Southerland).
I'm not happy that they chose to make little kids say some pretty nasty words and make some gestures they probably don't understand. That really takes away from the Conservative message, and it would have been just as funny without that.
It also seemed a bit disjointed. They could have done a better job of tying the various scenes together.
There were other things that many people just may not get (those who can tell you who won the last American Idol or Survivor, but don't know who is the Vice-President or the Secretary of State). Dennis Prager calls it the age of stupidity. What's wrong is right and what's right is wrong, up is down, and inside is out...
The central character is a spoof of Michael Moore, named Michael Malone. It starts with him in front of Che Guevarra Hospital in Cuba. I think most people won't even recognize the name. My wife has her Master's, and she didn't know the name. She recognized his picture when I showed her. But like many people I have met in California, she didn't know who Wyatt Earp was either...!