Aviation In Film History: Team America:World Police

Team America: World Police is a wonderfully patriotic film. One could say the characters are somewhat wooden, but that would be accurate as the film features a wild cast of marionettes. The entire production emerges from the minds of the South Park creators. That goes a long way in explaining that this film is not an ordinary film experience along the lines of something one would expect from John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart or Disney. Young readers will easily understand why OTR makes this statement. Older readers may need some additional guidance. In short, readers need to be discretionary in order to enjoy the patriotism. Don't  make the following mistake:

OTR and Mrs. OTR had their niece and her husband as house guests a few years ago. After a wonderful dinner on the grill, we suggested they would enjoy Team America: World Police and proceeded to rent the film as we had seen and enjoyed it earlier. Husband was enthusiastic as he was a military pilot, aware of the film,  but had never watched it. Unknown to us, we rented the unexpurgated version. We didn't know niece and husband that well and were forced to watch their reaction to voluminous amounts of foul language and a mind-boggling episode of kinky puppet sex that will be forever etched in OTR's memory. It was quite an icebreaker.

With that warning, OTR highly recommends that Team America: World Police end up in your Netflix queue or Comcast On Demand list. Just be aware of which version you choose. Either way, you will be rewarded with some of the best satire this side of Derkaderkastan or North Korea. Here are two trailers to whet your anti-terrorist appetite: