we watched Team America yesterday. holy crap!!! it's the marionette movie produced by the South Park team. I guess there's nothing more to say. sure, it's weird to see puppets all serious like, in an action flick. my memory contains Supercar, featuring that arch-nemesis Master Spy, but this movie is on a much grander scale. 1st class marionettes, quite expressive. early on there's a martial arts scene, a mighty showdown. when the 2 opponents close on each other, they just flail absurdly, like puppets. it is hilarious. Team America members manage to blow up almost everything in sight, which gets the ire of Hollywood liberals led by Alex Baldwin. who, it turns out, are under the sway of Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. denouement of the movie features the slaughtering of these liberals. hooray! you know about that bad taste aspect of flarf. naturally, this movie went for the same thrum. there's an extended, graphic sex scene that is so perfectly absurd (puppets pooping and peeing on each other, OMFG!!!). later, the dramatic lowpoint for Our Hero, there's an extended puking scene. in both cases, the score is lush with all dramatic markers in place. it's a weird sort of genius, lighthearted and unsettling.