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It is satire, I read both "Tom Sawyer" and "Huck Finn". I got it, the slaves were talked about as if they were not human beings. Satire does bring humor and attention to serious issues. Satire is often more acceptable.

Lucille Dula  | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |  09:57 AM

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What's the big deal? In a society that values free speech like ours, nothing is sacred, nothing is above a comedic approach. Never mind real literature like "Huck Finn", although I see your point. This is entertainment using a current topic, pure and simple. This is more akin to "Raising Arizona" or "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" which are also comedies involving a prison break, although these two movies are of a higher caliber than anything that the "Harold and Kumar" genre could do. Actually "Ernest goes to Prison" is about the level this movie is at. Certainly not anything to get your panties twisted in a know over.

Big Deal....  | Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |  07:40 AM

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It is called satire. Ever read "Huckleberry Finn"? Slavery isn't funny. I am sure plenty of holier-than-thou types called Mark Twain was a callous monster without actually reading the book. How about "A Modest Proposel"? Ignoring the morons who took the idea of eating babies literally, plenty of people thought making humor out of Ireland's situation was awful.

Those are just two examples off the top of my head where humor was used to draw attention to something serious. I'm not saying this movie will have such an effect, but who knows? Anyone who read "Tom Sawyer" first likely went into "Huck Finn" with pretty low expectations.

Not too Swift, are you?  | Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |  11:24 AM

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