Friday, September 29, 2006

Dumb and Dumbest

"Idiocracy challenges a central article of faith in American life, the notion that we are destined for moral, material, and intellectual progress. And what if things really are getting worse? What if, more to the point, we really are getting dumber?"

Reihan Salam in Slate reviews the latest soon-to-be-a-DVD-cult-hit from Mike Judge.

And Patt Morrison in the Los Angeles Times adds her take.

And Mark Olsen and John Horn in the Los Angeles Times connect Idiocracy to a trend of dumb-yet-smart movie comedies.

1 comment:

KcM said...

It's Christopher Lasch's favorite movie!