Pissing Off Bush: Puppet edition

It's the Southpark creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone who have the Whitehouse fuming today. Their new film, Team America: World Police, uses marionettes to tell the story of an elite special missions team that combats both global terrorism and leftist celebrities. It also hits the box office 2 weeks before the November election. Доставка пиццы, пицца на дом Крестьянская застава.

"I really do not think terrorism is funny, and I would suggest PARAMOUNT give respect to those fighting and sacrificing to keep America safe," a senior Bush adviser told the DRUDGE REPORT this weekend.

The senior White House adviser, who asked not to be named, fumed after seeing the movie's website and trailer.

"This is just unconscionable. Not funny..." [Drudge]

It’ll be interesting to watch how the Bush administration and the right wing reacts to the film over the next weeks. Paramount has sunk $20 million bucks into the project, and while I don’t think they’ll succumb to the browbeating, as did Disney, I do think there'll be quite a bit of media criticism.

So there it is -- in theaters October 2004, Team America: World Police, another thing to piss off George Bush.