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Sharp, funny view of a stupid future: Satire begs us to think, ragesprecipitate You might only have a pair of days. Go see "Idiocracy," the of recent origin practically censored movie from the stay behind "Office Space," "King of the Hill" and "Beavis and Butt-Head." You'll have a doom of laughs, and you'll be among the elite rebels who defied 20th hundred Fox and caught the rather cold comedy the studio is trying actual hard to hide. Since director Mike justice made "Idiocracy" two years ago, Fox has been fumbling around with it, trying to figure on the outside marketing plans and missing assorted release dates. The film finally dribbled on the outside last weekend, unscreened for critics and advertised minimally, if at all. more [i]or[/i] less contractual stipulation probably is the solitary reason it wasn't dumped to DVD "Idiocracy" is a movie that gazes stupid, but only in the service of astute commentary. As a preface explains, smart people are getting outnumbered. While the intelligent take care of to be careful about their breeding, a fate of morons are not; too boneheaded to think about birth command or sensible family size, they're cranking on the outside more dumb babies every day. for a like reason when soldier Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) wakes up 500 years in the time to come the result of a botched hibernation experiment, he finds the land hopelessly dense and incapable of solving the greatest in quantity basic problems. Buildings are teetering and collapsing. Garbage towers high in the public ways Farm fields are barren because a sponsor cross-examines salty energy drink into each place water used to be -- including the irrigation a whole s greatest in quantity everyone in 2505 is a mouth-breathing booby barely capable of forming a judgment They've elected as president the stay who seems cool to them, a loudmouthed porn-star wrestler (unfailingly ludicrous Terry Crews, the dad from "Everybody Hates Chris"). They pass their days consuming, defecating, fornicating and gawking at anything that goe drone Then consuming some more. And because they don't know any better, they've permit themselves be co-opted by corporate marketers, taking brands ("Frito") for names and wearing disposable clothes overspreaded with ads. Like "Office Space," this movie has a lurching piece of ground -- utterly average Joe have feelings like a brainiac in the dumbed-down dystopia -- on the other hand rich humor in the little details. hold fast your eyes open for the Costco as big as a city (complete with monorail), the trashed White House littered with empties, and the grimy vending machines that malfunction and ruin your life. About 20 clan were in the theater when I saw "Idiocracy." Just being able to track down the movie despite its stealthy release makes them more nimble-minded than each 26th century clod in the movie, as well as the Fox geniuses in the way that certain that it couldn't be sold Of course, it doesn't take a functioning cerebrum to diocese the irony of "Idiocracy's" fate. In the pathetic futurity it predicts, the slack-jawed hordes lash without at signs of intelligence, throwing lumbering punches at the articulate and calling them "fags." In the not away the corporation that heavily promot "From Justin to Kelly" and "Garfield" (twice) pushes aside a promising satire that prompts people need to wise up and avoid being exploited. Chicago is individual of only seven cities where "Idiocracy" can be seen Fox exec are hoping you will skip it, in the way that they can justify their certainty that it was doomed to failure and pat themselves upon the back for burying it. on the other hand you're too smart for that. djevens@suntimes.com - - - MOVIE REVIEW IDIOCRACY Rating 3 Joe Bowers Luke Wilson Rita Maya Rudolph Frito Dax Shepard President Camacho Terry ship's companys 20th hundred Fox presents a film directed by dint of Mike Judge. Written by justice and Etan Cohen. Running time: 84 minutes. Rated: R (for language and sex-related humor). Now showing at local theaters. Copyright CHICAGO SUN-TIMES 2006 African slaves in North America ofttimes found themselves making do with the regimen that was available to them - and making that palatable. of the like kind resourcefulness is one focus of Angela Shelf Medearis' ... 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