An American Carol

Last night the Middlewife and I went to see An American Carol. We did so in response to a suggestion from Brian Noggle via Instapundit that doing so might help "refocus Hollywood money men on making films that people want to see that portray Christianity favorably or lampoon the taboo subjects of Liberalism"

I'm writing now because a Palin-size effort appears underway by mainstream media movie critics to say this movie is not worth seeing. In my opinion, those critics are wrong.

Yes, it's a sophomoric effort, with limitations in the skills of the actors, but it's also a hilarious sendup of important topics most movies lack the courage to touch with a ten foot pole. According to the first review I'd read (from the Boston Herald, which I thought used to be a somewhat conservative paper, but you'd never know it from the review) the movie is "mirthless." We, on the other hand, were laughing right from the first scene, and through most of the others all the way to the end.

An American Carol earns its PG-13 rating with profanity and sexual references, and the humor is often Three Stooges-crude, but it was such a joy to see someone finally making fun of things that need to be made fun of, by that rarity - someone with the courage to do so.

One of my favorite Economic rules is that "you get more of what you pay for" (probably from P.J. O'Rourke, but I can't find the reference), so if you'd like to see more movies that are not just anti-all-things-American propaganda, reward yourself by seeing this one. Even if it's your side being made fun of on some issue, seeing the humor in it will do you good.