much more depressing than funny!

Rating: 6/10 (11 December 2006)

is this a comedy? sure, it has it's funny moments, but overall it is a rather depressing mirror for the dominating culture on this planet at this point in time. i would categorize it as something between a drama and a documentary.
anybody who knows contemporary USA (i spent many years in USA and with Americans outside of USA) will immediately recognize the accuracy of the mirror cohen holds up in front of us.
USA is probably the most sick and sickening society and "culture" on this planet today. the ruling emotion in the American psyche is fear - deep-routed, overwhelming fear. and the dominating force in that country (the disgusting dictatorship of big money) is exploiting that fear every which way it can. mind you, i am talking about the overall American psyche. this is not a racist statement. i know many really good human beings in USA, thoughtful people who have not lost their humanity to the "American way of life". but the American psyche as an entity is just sick and sickening and infecting the rest of this planet.
and that is exactly what cohen is showing. and he shows it with a clarity that i find more depressing than anything else. i find it hard to laugh about really sick people.
but hey, don't take my word for it. go and see this movie. it certainly is not a waste of time.