Idiocracy in Review

The film Idiocracy bring s a whole new meaning to the term satire. Personally, it was the best, or the worst, since Beavis and Butthead. I enjoyed its humor and social criticisms. One part of the movie reminded me a style that authors use. It pertains to the use of audience knowledge over character knowledge. It could often be related to the book, A Tale of Two Cities. You might have to read it over again, or just take my word for it. It creates a kind of humor when the characters in the novel are oblivious to things that the audience knows. This theme also acts in a scene during Idiocracy. I immediately thought of it when Luke Wilson is next to Maya Rudolph on the hospital beds prior to examination. There is a drawn out conversation about what her occupation is. It was funny for the audience because we know her as a first-rate red district worker when in the movie Luke Wilson thinks she is just another “artist.” It also questions Wilson’s intelligence when it is obvious Maya has no idea what she is talking about. This two minute scene exemplifies my audience over character knowledge. Although the intelligent comedy in this movie is few and far between it has a dark portrayal of the future of man. This social confusion is evident by who has more kids? Well, from the movie about four stupid kids are born for every one semi-intelligent kid. While this fiasco was going on, the intelligent people of the world are only concerned with themselves. That is because they were focusing their genius on how to cure male baldness.
The other subtle comedy I noticed was the transformation through time of the restaurant FuddRuckers. Before I even get started, that name had it coming for years. I don’t know why it took a movie like this to bring out its true colors. After the destruction of the secret mission, the sign arised for Fuddruckers. After a few scene changes and 500 years have passed. The name of the restaurant known as FuddRuckers, is titled ButtFu$%erks. That was the last time I found myself laughing at the movie Idiocracy.