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Monday, August 02, 2004Drudge vs. Team America
This isn't the first time Matt Drudge has attempted to muckrake Hollywood. Usually he fails miserably. The last time that comes to mind would be last November when the famed yellow journalist set his sights on Bad Santa. In several reports he claimed that Disney execs were outraged over the content of the film. But, as several movie sights pondered, why would those that greenlit Bad Santa and the various execs involved in the creative process be upset with all the potty humor? If Billy Bob Thornton had somehow put together the film in an underground bunker and presented it to Disney's higher-ups, they wouldn't have released it in several thousand theaters. It would still be sitting in a vault somewhere, not selling millions of unrated DVDs.
So it's curious that Drudge is now going after Team America, especially given the fact that the directors' politics lean in the same direction as his own. According to Armed Prophet, who caught his radio show last night, Parker/Stone called in and argued with him for an hour. Could this be the start of several months of controversy ala F 9/11? And where is Michael Moore Hates America? Quick, someone shout "liberal conspiracy!"
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