Raunchy, R-Rated Action Comedy From The Creators Of South Park Almost Breaks It
Written by Robert Scucci | Published
There is only one thing as funny as watching 2004 Team America: World Policeand that listen to the Season 8 analysis tracks at South Park DVDs. It didn’t end there Team America: World Police it took a biblical amount of work from Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and their crew of rap producers to pull it off.
Parker and Stone worked for themselves Team America: World Policeresulting in some of the most unedited episodes South Park he must give.
Episodes like “Cartman’s Amazing Gift,” which I consider essential viewing and a good entry point into the series, have commentary tracks from Parker and Stone suggesting that they don’t remember doing the episode because they were so locked in at the time that they put very little thought into the little details. They were contractually bound to stick to their tight production schedule, and relied on their own creative, make-or-die abilities to pull it off. The finale, “Woodland Critter Christmas,” is one of them Places to stay in South Park the most infamous episodes, another example of a zero-hour effort that was constantly being reworked until just the day before it aired.
American Team for Heavy Manufacturing
Always leading with what’s funny and finding out how they did it later, Parker and Stone had no idea how difficult it would be to pull off their film, which they intended to play as fully as Jerry Bruckheimer’s marionette production. Many replica set pieces have been built, including Paris, Cairo, the Panama Canal, Mount Rushmore, and North Korea.
Their vision was simple. They wanted each location to look like it is portrayed in action movies, and what the average American thinks it looks like.
Additionally, 270 animated characters had to be created, as well as more than 1,000 costumes Team America: World Police it is possible. Given the nearly two-foot-tall dolls, many props had to be custom-made to accommodate their size, as well as many animatronic heads to be attached to their bodies. Controlling the puppets proved laborious, resulting in unimaginably long days with fewer used newspapers being passed to editors compared to conventional films. Rumor has it that designing Kim Jong-il’s glasses was a painstaking process due to camera shake, making them some of the most expensive props in the movie.
America, F*** Yes!
Team America: World Police centers on an international counter-terrorist organization, led by its courageous leader, Spottswoode (Daran Norris). Under his command are psychologist Lisa, psychic Sarah, martial arts expert Chris, Carson, and the all-American Jock Joe. Together, they fight terrorism by causing so much collateral damage in any place they visit, that a terrorist attack would leave the place unscathed. When Carson is killed and a new threat emerges, Spottswoode hires Gary Johnston, a Broadway actor, to use his acting skills to infiltrate various terrorist groups.
Meanwhile, Kim Jong-il is revealed as the real mastermind behind the terrorists, and supplier of WMDs, unbeknownst to Team America, leading the Film Actors Guild to throw Team America under the bus for their sloppy and careless work.
If you have never had the pleasure of watching Team America: World Policeall you need to know is that it behaves like every top action movie, but with enough raunch that it almost earned an NC-17 rating.
At that time, well versed in how to work with censors, Parker and Stone knew what to do. By filming a long sex scene with a doll that was much longer than they needed in the film, they simply waited for the production notes that explained how short the scene should be in order to get an R rating.
Let The Hustle know
Although not my favorite car Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Team America: World Police indirectly responsible for some of the best episodes South Park he must give. If they hadn’t taken on such an ambitious project while working on a companion series, we may never have gotten episodes like “Good Times With Weapons,” “Awesome-O,” “Goobacks,” “Something’s Coming to Wall-Mart This Way,” “Quanting for Ratings,” or “Cartman’s Amazing Gift.”
Don’t get me wrong. Matt Damon can only say his name, badly, at Team America: World Police because his doll came off the production line looking dull is comedy gold. But political jokes in the news are fleeting. South Park you are eternal.
Team America: World Police airs on Paramount+.
