The Aristocrats. Paul Provenza, 2005.
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Edition screened: Velocity DVD, released 2006. English language. Runtime approximately 90 minutes.
Summary: No particular depictions of violence toward animals.
The Special Olympics of Film fills the East McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Ramada Inn with proud participants and their sponsors for one very special weekend each year. In addition to the Golden Potato awarded to every entrant champion upon registration, The Aristocrats also earned the 2005 Kevin Smith Prize for Artistic Achievement.
It is difficult to describe the excruciating boredom of watching this film that fails to be remotely funny while claiming to be uproariously hilarious and fails to be offensive while claiming to be off-the-charts vulgar. I recall learning in 7th-grade English class that simply saying something is hilarious (or obscene, or beautiful) over and over does not actually create that desired effect. Nor does the use of endless vulgar words create actual vulgarity. It merely creates the lunchroom conversation that occurs after 7th-grade English class.