Alex D., Bong films

I think the writers of Harold and Kumar delivers their message in the same way that Matt and Trey of South Park do: make a message so over-the-top that controversy will inevitably erupt from it. Rob Courdry's character wiping himself with a copy of the 5th Amendment, although cruder than I expected most of the content to be, really got the film's message across in as direct a metaphor as possible.

The constant absurdities, sexuality and vulgarity deliberately try to push the limit on what is acceptable to show in a film; odds are, more people complained about the drug use and half-naked women than the incompetent government and the abusive prison guards at Guantanamo Bay. I suppose that it could be a comment on using the First Amendment to its fullest potential as often as possible, although I don't know if having a "bottomless party" is that much of a political message. Of course, I could simply be over-thinking about the film