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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "social commentary"
Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno" Is the Same Old Shtick
Bill Gibron, PopMatters. July 11, 2009.
Ridiculing American rubes is like shooting fish in a barrel filled with Jell-O. The only "genius" involved is getting the public to buy it as scandal.
Transformers Is More Than Just a Cheap Truck Commercial
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. July 10, 2007.
Maybe the movie succeeded in pulling off some social commentary after all: welcome to the United States -- ignore the Middle East stuff, but stay for the masturbation jokes and cool special effects.
