Penn Pens Poison Prose
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Politiks for Putzes
Our Local Saving Grace of World Diplomacy and sometime actor, Sean Penn, has his panties in a wad over the new movie from the hilarious and talented "South Park" guys.
Quick synopis of the movie, which actually sounds quite entertaining: cbsnews.com
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The new movie, "Team America: World Police," features puppets of several actors, including, in addition to Penn, Alec Baldwin, Danny Glover, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, and Helen Hunt.
Stone tells Mabrey, "It’s funny to take…activist actors and…elevate them to the level to what they think they are in their minds… Every dog, in its brain, thinks it's a huge wolf… I just think, like, actors, in their mind, think they're these really important world leaders.
He continues, "When Sean Penn is on TV, on CNN, before the Iraq war, talking about the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty…that is pure comic gold… I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on. I don’t care what you think of the Iraq war. I don’t care what you think about nuclear weapons. That is funny, and so taking Sean Penn and creating this thing where it's, like, 'Look, Sean Penn! Here you are! You're who you think you are, you know. You're this incredibly important world leader.' That's just satire. That's just funny."
The filmmakers tell Mabrey that their big-screen political satire is meant to be funny and not meant to influence the upcoming election. “We don't think anyone's going to come out of this movie going, 'Oh, well, now I'm going to vote for Bush or…now I'm going to vote for Kerry,'" says Parker.
He adds that anyone who "would come out of this movie changing the way they were going to vote, they shouldn't be voting."
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Penn's bent-out-of-shape letter to the creators:
drudgereport.com
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You guys are talented young guys but alas, primarily young guys. It's all well to joke about me or whomever you choose. Not so well, to encourage irresponsibility that will ultimately lead to the disembowelment, mutilation, exploitation, and death of innocent people throughout the world. The vote matters to them. No one's ignorance, indcluding a couple of hip cross-dressers, is an excuse.
All best, and a sincere fuck you,
Sean Penn
P.S. Take this as a personal invitation from me to you (you can ask Dennis Miller along for the ride as well) to escort you on a trip, which I took last Christmas. We'll fly to Amman, Jordan and I'll ride with you in a (?) 12 hours through the Sunni Triangle into Fallujah and Baghdad and I'll show you around.
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