It’s Sunday Funday with comedy IDIOCRACY from the creator of Beavis and Butt-head, King of the Hill and Silicon Valley.
Filmmaker Mike Judge critiques the nonsense of the modern world in this dystopian 2006 comedy – which, in 2023 is a disturbingly prophetic look at the future of America – and our era of stupidity.
In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world.
The AV Club – “Working on a sprawling canvas, Judge fills the screen with visual jokes, throwaway gags, and incisive commentary on the ubiquity of advertising—for instance, with the presidential-cabinet member who works paid plugs for Carl’s Jr. into everyday conversations.” (full review here)
