Most true comedies are parodies of life and the situations we find ourselves in, but when those parodies come to close to home that is when people start saying that what they just saw was inappropriate. Yet nine times out of ten the inappropriateness happened before the parody ever occurred. Here we have a number of parodies all in one place, some of them are on target, some of them are over the edge but all of them reflect very true feelings and attitudes of people around the world. The use of the supermarionation puppets throughout the movie is reminiscent of shows like the Thunderbirds television series from Britain in the 60s.
A military strike force called Team America are policing the world for peace, justice and the American right to do things however we see fit, and when a North Korean dictator wants to rule the world its Team America's job to show him he's got to have some big wooden balls to pull this off. The puppets that are used are a lot more detailed than the ones that were used back in the 60s, but even with those improvements they purposely made sure that you could always see the strings and the joints on the puppets, it adds to the jokes. Some of the situations that the writers created for the characters are over the top, yet most of them seem feasible and believable in the current climate of the global tension.
This is nothing like the Thunderbirds series that some us grew up on, the dialog, sight gags and most of the humor is entirely adult oriented, even the sex scenes that are portrayed are over the top for most adults. But you wouldn't think to find anything but this kind of humor from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, and here just like in South Park everyone is a target no one is left out, so the humor is spread out pretty evenly. So if you like this brand of humor you'll enjoy the movie from beginning to end, and if by the end you still need to know the meaning of trust just ask Gary, he knows what trust really means.
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