I think I read they were tripping on acid, also.
I don’t know, a bleeped version of “Uncle Fucker” replete with the farting-as-tapdancing routine would have gone over well with the Oscar judges in my opinion.
The song cannot be understood outside of the context of the movie - which is of course an important part of a song written for a movie.
If you haven’t watched the movie, it isn’t funny because you lack the context. I don’t mean that this is a matter of taste or subjective preference, I mean you literally cannot understand the point of the song. Your complaint is similar to someone who walks into the middle of a conversation, hears only the punchline of a joke, and declares the joke isn’t funny.
It works very well as an illustration of multiple concepts in group dynamics theory. It’s one of my go-to videos. Not Uncle Fuckah, though a number of students always beg me to show it as well.
Sure. I get it now and I think Johnny L.A. cleared that up in post #2. However, having no previous knowledge of any of this, and then watching the award-winning 90 second song I was somewhat confounded as to how that was Oscar worthy,
That’s why we ask questions here…
IIRC, the last line in the song is “Blame Canada-- before someone thinks of blaming us!” or something like that. I haven’t seen it since it came out, but that pretty much both explains and justifies the song.
That Anne Murray is still a bitch, though. And don’t even get me started on Bryan Adams.
I’ve never seen a man eat so many chicken wings.
Oh, you mean America Jr.?
Don’t forget Justin Bieber.
Here’s my problem with the movie
Kyle’s mom was right. The Terrence and Phillip movie really did corrupt the kids and teach them to use foul language
It’s an absurd song, and it’s freaking hilarious.
But it was super-sweet!
So? That bitch needs to shut the fuck up.
To be fair, most songs in movies, especially those nominated for Oscars, are designed to run over the credits, and are irrelevant to the plot of the film.
OTOH, it’s relatively hard to not know that this particular movie in question is a musical, which automatically makes its song plot relevant. If you don’t, listening to it should’ve been a big clue.
Bingo. Listen to the last stanza:
I think that it’s in theory possible to get the general gist of the song without the context surrounding it. The lyrics are pretty explicit - “our kids are ruined and it’s because of this cartoon”. “Quick, let’s deflect and blame this on a convenient scapegoat so that we don’t have to blame ourselves”. “Racism!” Sure, it’s funnier and a lot clearer in context, but as such I disagree with RickJay.
Yes, but this form of “corruption” is utterly innocuous, and could be circumvented by, you know, being parents. Remember the scene where Sheila is playing polemecist over the pile of burning Canadian stuff, and Kyle and Stan are trying to get her attention and they just completely ignore them? That’s highly indicative of it. I mean, for god’s sake, the parents took a problem (“My child is swearing because they watched a movie they weren’t allowed to watch in the first place!”) and turned it into an all-out war.
One of the main reasons that it got nominated, in my opinion at least, is that regardless of where it comes from, what the lyrics are and what they’re about, it’s a very nice musical-style song. Nice build up and everything.
Is it unfunny like the 40-Year-Old Virgin? Is it also boring like 2001? Or maybe it’s just confusing you that some people enjoy something you don’t, like ventriloquism.
Come on now. The Canadian government has apologized for Bryan Adams on numerous occasions…
When Canada is dead and gone there’ll be no more Celine Dion!
Stopped reading right there. Too egregious a misstatement to go further.