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Right Wing Penguins

by Erik Olsen (RSS feed) on Sep 14th 2005 at 12:04PM

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One would guess that given their tastes and proclivities, hard-core conservatives don't get out to the movies much. It's hard to think of many recent films that they would much enjoy. Team America, World Police featured themes they might have found satisfying, what with the harsh liberal bashing in the film (poor Michael Moore, you might remember, blew himself up as a suicide bomber). That said, I doubt that Red State Mel and Martha would have much enjoyed the puppet 69 scene (let alone the sex scenes that were cut).

This summer, though, held a treat for movie-going conservatives and the nutty off-branch of religious loonies who favor intelligent design. March of the Penguins has become a major hit among conservatives who say that the cinematic depiction of emperor penguin mating habits offers lessons on monogamy and, yes, intelligent design (who, but an intelligent designer could come up with eggs that survive extreme cold? Yes, you in the back with your hand up, Mr. Darwin, is it?). One reviewer said it was the best movie he'd seen since The Passion of the Christ. Not to get into the whole evolution debate (let's leave that up to the folks at the Daily Show who are running a superb week-long series called Evolution Schmevolution), but suffice it to say, it could be the first time that cuckoos have expressed such interest in penguins.

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