BASEketball Hollywood humor has gone from lowbrow to no-brow . Modesty and political correctness are out.
Bodily functions are in.
In fact, gross-out scenes from two recent movies give families some indication of the lengths to which filmmakers will go these days for a laugh . . . Another graphic moment involves Ben Stiller getting his genitals caught in the zipper of a prom tux. This tasteless film also fishes for laughs with crass gags about oral and gay sex, vibrators and grotesque acne. When it comes to prurient prankishness, no duo is hotter with adolescents than Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of the TV series South Park . The pair star in BASEketball , the story of two guys who invent a new sport that actually encourages trash-talking opponents to the point of distraction, usually by shouting obscenities or using disgusting props.