I believe I posted a trailer from this movie earlier...Seth Rogen's new 'adult' animated film is accused of being racist because it features an Irish potato and a Mexican taco (among other stereotypes)
A film about a hot dog's relationship with other foods - including a climax involving a food orgy - is causing uproar for alleged racial stereotypes.
Comedian Seth Rogen co-wrote the new animated adult comedy, Sausage Party, a spoof of the many Disney and Pixar films.
But the film has divided opinion over its content, with some praising the over-the-top racism and others on social media unhappy with the Sony flick.
In one example, the movie features some Nazi German sauerkraut dedicated to 'exterminating the juice'.
Actress Salma Hayek also reportedly does the voice for a lesbian Mexican taco while the film features a Native American bottle of Firewater which complains he had settled in a store first before being kicked out to the backroom.
An Arabic loaf of lavash longs for 77 bottles of extra-virgin olive oil awaiting him in the next life, Heat Street reports, adding that the film also includes an Irish potato who sings 'Danny Boy' and has a catchphrase 'Jesus! F**k!'
On Twitter, Sonal Patel, from New Zealand, summed up much of the social media criticism.
'SAUSAGE PARTY's heavy reliance on racial stereotypes for gags pretty much put me off the whole film,' she tweeted.
'Sh**y, lazy writing.'
While the film has been widely commented on for its racism - many tweets laughing at the jokes, others criticizing it - it has found support from left-wing newspaper The Guardian.
Film reviewer Jordan Hoffman declared that the 'whole thing is so tasty, you may just want seconds'.
'Racial stereotypes await on every aisle, which will undoubtedly be a third rail for some viewers,' he wrote.
'My attitude is that if you want to play in that sandbox, you have to be sure to insult everyone and, more importantly, make sure the jokes work.'
Writing on the Birth Movies Death website, Devin Faraci said: 'The ethnic jokes in aren’t just there because they’re funny - and holy s*** are many of them unbelievably funny - they’re there because the script is directly engaging what they mean.
'This is a movie where all the different foods are split up into aisles, and each food has a dedication to its own aisle, and each aisle has its own beliefs and religion, and Frank travels through them all trying to bring everybody together.
'The movie is, in its own jokey way, celebrating the differences among nations and peoples while also reminding us that those differences are only skin deep.'
It looks unbelievably godawful (but then what would one expect from the unbelievably godawful Seth Rogen, who inexplcably manages to continue to get film work...)
An obscenity laced gross-out attempt to satirize animated kiddie movies...
"Humor" so sophomoric, low brow, and tasteless that it's sure to be a big hit with 14 year old boys...(and maybe Crackpot
) But "racist" potatoes and tacos?
Give me a friggin' break...
Some folks have waaaay too much time on their hands....
Some people clearly aren't happy unless they're finding things to be offended by...
If you want to be offended by something in this movie, be offended by the way it insults your intelligence...
