Day #23 - February 1

SAM ON A MOVIE ABOUT WHICH HE WROTE A 40-PAGE DOCUMENT TO OBTAIN AN R RATING

TEAM AMERICA – It's worth noting that I had to research sex scenes for
this movie to get its R rating.  There's nothing quite like watching
celebrities bopping on each other's navels!  [This was on the list of movies that he liked]

Mom's note: Sam and a few other Rudin employees spent hours in research (as Sam mentions) to make sure that this movie got an R rating -- I have the 40-page document to prove it.   And this was the only place I could find the wording for the original R-rating -- check out the cast & credits section of this review from Roger Ebert -- the wording is Sam's because he kept saying, "But they're PUPPETS!"

"Team America: World Police," with its puppet cast, sneers at both sides of the war on terrorism.

Team America: World Police

Roger Ebert / October 15, 2004

Cast & Credits Featuring the voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller and Daran Norris Paramount Pictures presents a film directed by Trey Parker. Written by Parker, Matt Stone and Pam Brady. Running time: 98 minutes. Rated R (for graphic, crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language, all involving puppets).

"What are you rebelling against, Johnny?"

"Whaddya got?"

--Marlon Brando in "The Wild One"

If this dialogue is not inscribed over the doors of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, it should be. Their "Team America: World Police" is an equal opportunity offender, and waves of unease will flow over first one segment of their audience, and then another. Like a cocky teenager who's had a couple of drinks before the party, they don't have a plan for who they want to offend,