The Funniest Joke You’ve Ever Heard

I heard about this new movie from a column by Frank Rich in today’s New York Times. Here is what they wrote about this film, directed by Penn Gillette, in the Sundance Film Blog.

“When the Aristocrats platform moves from obscene to racist the audience is challenged for the second time. If we can laugh about sex, violence, and bodily fluids, why can’t we laugh about race?

This film is the equivilant of spending an entire night at a comedy club, but with every pause cut out: just back-to back-jokes for 90 minutes. Right as you’re about to stop—or in some cases start—laughing, the directors cut to the next scene. It’s cruel, but you’ll love it.

I’m thrilled Sundance chose to accept Aristocrats. Forty years after Lenny Bruce was arrested for obscenity at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco, we’re dealing with the government wanting to control speech again by fining artists directly.

The Aristocrats takes no prisoners and makes no apologies in it’s war against censorship, and to make you laugh.”