Hulu R-Rated Sci-Fi Comedy Is The Best Satire Ever
When Mike Judge unleashed Beavis and Butt-Head on the world, many thought that he was obsessed with immature humor, not realizing these two boys and their awful antics were meant to be a mirror to a youth society in decline. However, that was just a mere study in the satire, and Judge’s masterpiece would be a live-action film rather than a crudely animated show. Idiocracy came out almost two decades ago, and you should stream it on Hulu today to appreciate just how much it predicted the hilariously depressing arcs of our modern world.
The Most Average Man In America
The premise of Idiocracy involves an Army librarian being placed in suspended animation, all part of a strange experiment to preserve the world’s most average guy. Five hundred years later, he and the woman he was put on ice with emerge into a completely different world, one that is populated by entire generations of idiots. Now, these average people of the past might as well be geniuses, but it’s unclear whether their knowledge will be enough to change this world for the better or simply make them a target for the moronic masses.
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One great reason to check out Idiocracy is the awesome cast, with Luke WIlson and Maya Rudolph playing our chief protagonists. Other stars include Dax Shepard as a creepy lawyer and Terry Crews as an over-the-top President. The supporting cast for this movie is pleasantly deep, and you’ll also see many recognizable genre faces like Justin Long, Stephen Root, and Thomas Haden Church.
Unappreciated In Its Time
As a satire, Idiocracy is all about pointing out where we are headed as a society, what with the dumbest people choosing to have more kids than anyone else. Ironically, though, it was too smart for the room when it came out and was a major box office bomb. Against a budget of $2.4 million, the movie earned only $495,303.
Fortunately, critics knew how wonderful Idiocracy was and tried to spread the word to the world. On Rotten Tomatoes, the Fox movie has a critical rating of 71 percent. For the most part, critics praised the movie for how director Mike Judge “skewers society’s devolution with an amiably goofy yet deceptively barbed wit.”
The Most Cited Movie Of The Last 10 Years
Speaking for myself, I thought Idiocracy was very funny, another slice of sublimely weird humor from the man who brought us King of the Hill. However, nearly two decades later, I appreciate the film even more, as its satire seems that much more cutting after you see just how accurate Judge’s predictions were. He told a sarcastic tale of America 500 years in the future, but writing this during an election year, it’s impossible not to notice that it took the country only a fraction of this time to descend into idiocy that borders on anarchy.
Idiocracy Is Now On Hulu
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Will you think that this R-rated sci-fi comedy is the best satire ever made, or will you think that Judge misses the mark with his many wildly out-of-pocket jokes? You won’t know until you stream Idiocracy on Hulu today. Make sure to do so by chugging a big glass of Brawndo…after all, it’s got what plants crave.
