The Midnight Express snack stand from Wong Kar Wai’s Chungking Express has been turned into a 7-11. Wouldn’t it be amazing if they did a promotion with that film the way they turned US stores into Kwik-e-Marts for The Simpsons Movie?
The Spongebob angle makes this movie-related: “There’s a new exhibit at Coney Island that’s fun for the whole family: the “Waterboard Thrill Ride.” Greeted by Spongebob exuding “It don’t Gitmo better!” you walk in to peer through bars at dude in dark sweats leaning over another guy in an orange suit, his face wrapped in a towel. Slip a dollar into the machine, and for 15 seconds, “Dark Hood” pours water into Orange Jumpsuit’s nose and mouth while he convulses.”
Usually there’s a fair amount of liberal guilt when people make light of controversial matters in the interest of being anti-PC. But apparently between Harold & Kumar and Coney Island, America’s in agreement on this one: torture’s hilarious (especially when it’s happening to extradited foreigners and not us!)
We’ve had a bit of trouble getting this episode to go through the iTunes feed, so we hope this re-post will fix the problem. The original post, with episode description and embedded player, is here.
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Usually there’s a fair amount of liberal guilt when people make light of controversial matters in the interest of being anti-PC. But apparently between Harold & Kumar and Coney Island, America’s in agreement on this one: torture’s hilarious (especially when it’s happening to extradited foreigners and not us!)