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VERY BAD

In a futile attempt to be transgressive, I watched Bad Santa today; a whim when I was going through my Netflix Queue the other day. It is the holiday season. Why not strike a blow for the anti-christ and all that.

Well, I watched about ten minutes of it. It can't even make movie of the day status.

Billy Bob Thornton had better watch out. You can only get cast so many times as a hopeless drunk and wastrel without being type cast.

The other thing is that seamless curse words have no impact. He seems to be the go-to guy for such a script and hence, he has no impact as the actor who mouths the dirt.

I also have to fess up that I am uncomfortable watching dwarves and midgets and, in this one, we have a black dwarf; used obviously as a two pronged put-down joke. I know. No one makes these guys sign up for exploitation. I can't get over it. I cover my eyes for most of the Munchkins too.

It is hard to be bad when the bad stuff is so bad that being bad is not an option and you have to shut it all down. Paying for my sins no doubt.

I made it to the mailbox in time to ship it back same day though. That is very very good.