When all else fails throw in a cuss word or two

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 1999)

As much as I laughed at this movie, I felt that it could have gotten its message across in about an hour or less. There was some very clever satire, but the excessive, repetitive use of vulgar language and overuse of musical scenes became tiresome. The scenes with Satan and Saddam Hussein did little for this movie.
I appreciated the satire regarding Brooke Shields, The Baldwin family, Liza Minelli et al. It was very cleverly done and expressed my feelings about overrated celebrities accurately.
While I agree with the message that parents should be ultimately responsible for policing their children, you have to keep that message in perspective. Parker and Stone would profit more if parents show the same lack of authority with their children who want to see this movie as the cartoon parents did when their kids wanted to see "Asses of Fire".
This movie like many others, fights for the first amendment and sends a message about the protection of free speech, even when the message is vulgar or sexually explicit. I have no problem with that, but I have doubts about the sincerity of the messenger. Do you think that Parker and Stone would fight just as hard (if at all) for freedom of speech if Christian books, tapes and CDs were being burned instead of ones laced with vulgar language and sexually explicit material?