Yeah, I know I haven’t been posting. Blame it on distraction, laziness, other work that needs to be done, etc. I plan to be laying some more on you folks shortly, but this bit of political cross-promotion got my attention in a big way.

In case you didn’t know, today marks an international day of protest (and why can’t I find my single orange shirt, a very styling guayabera, today of all days??!!) against the ongoing travesty of Guantanamo Bay. What’s funny is that, I think, there’s a subtle movie-tie happening via the release of the trailer for Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Or, maybe it was just a coincidence that I happened across this link to the trailer on Yahoo! Movies today, but I’m hoping not. What it lacks in taste in more than makes up for in chutzpah. (Did they just announce the title officially today? Anyone know?)

Could this film be the next Duck Soup combining the silliest comedy and the sharpest satire? It’s too much to hope for, but who knows? I applaud the tie-in and the trailer made me guffaw a few times, and maybe that’s enough.

Ironically, though it has a few extra great jokes and a attractive naked rear-end, the red-band trailer available at the official H&K web site was less funny probably because it was allowed to be more raunchy and scatological. (I dislike poop humor unless, and I know this sounds weird to some of you, there’s a larger purpose to it — but that’s another blog post.) Also, a casting issue: what’s with the guy playing W? He looks nothing like him and Jon Stewart does a better impression. On the other hand, Rob Cordry and Ed Helms look perfectly at home.

Aw, who cares, this stuff makes me laugh — and clearly the intention is to put, if not a sharp stick, then at least a q-tip in the eye of the Bush Administration’s war on the rule of law. And, maybe, there’s a note of a cautionary tale in their someplace…maybe.