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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:08 PM Feb 2016

It’s Official: ‘Idiocracy’ Writer Says His Satire About A Dumber America Has Become A Reality

e co-writer of the cult sci-fi comedy Idiocracy confirmed what many of the film’s fans probably felt about the current political climate, The Hill reported.

“I never expected Idiocracy to become a documentary,” Etan Cohen posted on Twitter on Wednesday. The 2006 film centered around two people who awaken from a cryogenic sleep to learn that the country is awash in anti-intellectualism.

“I thought the worst thing that would come true was everyone wearing Crocs,” Cohen added.

The movie, which Cohen co-wrote with director Mike Judge, garnered critical praise and a cult following despite being under-promoted by 20th Century Fox during its US theatrical release.

“People will email and post stuff on my Twitter that’s like, ‘Hey, you predicted it right!’ So that’s always nice. But it’s not always nice because you want the world to become a better place,” Judge told The Verge in 2014, adding, “Yep, we’re doomed. Might as well make jokes about it.”

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It’s Official: ‘Idiocracy’ Writer Says His Satire About A Dumber America Has Become A Reality (Original Post) Purveyor Feb 2016 OP
I've been saying this--here on DU, too--for years. nt MADem Feb 2016 #1
The best satire always holds an unflinching mirror to its subject. hifiguy Feb 2016 #2
Yeah I like Starbucks Separation Feb 2016 #3
Well Mike, it's your party Politicalboi Feb 2016 #4
ick. this makes me very sad: Gabi Hayes Feb 2016 #7
LOVE that movie. Prophetic, rather like that movie "Brazil" is as well. n/t 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #5
We are of the same exact mind FlatBaroque Feb 2016 #8
Exactly, Brazil predicted the idiocy of the anti-terrorist surveillance state JCMach1 Feb 2016 #11
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho rbrnmw Feb 2016 #6
Well, he was channeling The Rock. hifiguy Feb 2016 #9
yes indeed rbrnmw Feb 2016 #10
I love that movie, while being scared of its message at the same time. patricia92243 Feb 2016 #12
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
2. The best satire always holds an unflinching mirror to its subject.
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:12 PM
Feb 2016

And brother, "Idiocracy" did that.

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