
The Accidental Controversy Behind ‘Team America: World Police’

Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures After their Comedy Central show South Park premiered in 1997, Trey Parker and Matt Stone became lightning rods for controversy. That extended to their other projects, too — especially Team America: World Police. That film, which was done using puppet animation, was released 20 years ago, in October 2004. A quick history lesson, for those of you who may not remember: By the fall of 2004, America had been fighting a war in Iraq for a year and a half, with no clear end in sight. So, yes, a film — even an animated film — portraying a secret American military force fighting around the world attracted its fair share of controversy. Of course, Parker and Stone took it all in stride. When the movie was released, they told us the real irony about the controversy is that the film was written and in production well before the war even started. (Click on...
- 10/18/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
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