Well this one is just a huge mess waiting to erupt. I wasn’t that big of a fan of United 93. I applauded the film for taking on such a delicate subject and doing it in a very tasteful way, but I still think AS A MOVIE it was over-priased. However, there is something coming on the horizon that could get A LOT OF PEOPLE really upset. A comedy version of United 93. Our friends over at Filmjunk give us this:
After the lukewarm public response to United 93 and World Trade Center last year, it seemed that most people just weren’t ready to relive the dramatic events of 9/11 yet. Well now another year has passed… and British comedian Chris Morris is hoping that this time around, the public will be ready to not only relive 9/11, but also laugh at it as well! He is reportedly developing a TV film for Channel 4 that is described as “a comedy version of United 93″.
Excuse me a moment while I pick my jaw up off the floor. Personally, I don’t really think enough time has passed yet to do a satire or comedy on the events of 9/11… after all… a lot of people didn’t even think enough time had passed for a tasteful, memory honoring movie of the subject.
I’m often confronted by the words of the guys who do South Park. They once said (and I’m paraphrasing here): “You can either make fun of everything, or you can’t make fun of anything”. Those are true words… but uncomfortable ones.
It seems to me that we all think it’s ok to make fun of (even just in good fun) stuff that doesn’t effect us personally. But in one form or another 9/11 effected us all. So the question is… is it ok to do satire when it’s about something that effected you?
My bottom line is this. Yes, it’s ok for this guy to make a satire. But I’m personally not ready to see it. Not yet. I’m still a few years away from being comfortable with it. But that’s not to say other people can’t be ready for it… and maybe that’s a good thing.
