Orgazmo (1998)
Directed by Trey Parker
A devout Mormon living in L.A. becomes a pornographic actor after his martial arts moves impress a big-time director.
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What critics compared Orgazmo to
Here, the film comes dangerously close to becoming "Orgazmo," Trey Parker's similarly-themed fish-out-of-water-but-in-porn comedy.
The key difference between that duo and the Trailer Park Boys, however, is that the majority of Parker and Stone's self-generated efforts—the good (Book of Mormon, the “South Park” movie), the bad (Orgazmo) and the uneven ( Team America: World Police )—at least use their brash, provocative mode of comedy to speak to one unifying Big Idea.
(Somewhere Trey Parker and Matt Stone are grinning that they got to the title “Orgazmo” first.)
With no less than three scenes showing the male organ (one of which portrays it erect), and an unstoppable barrage of equally naughty behavior and images (does an "orgasmic explosion" mean anything to you?), the film has somehow passed as an R-rating, when much less extreme films have received (1998's "Orgazmo," 1995's "Showgirls") or been wrongfully threatened (1999's "Eyes Wide Shut") with an NC-17.
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While few, if any, could convincingly argue that this show is anywhere near the brilliant "The Simpsons" in regards of sheer creativity and intelligent writing, Parker and Stone do show some signs of that, all of which is quite surprising since they're the team also responsible for the horrible "BASEketball" and "Orgazmo."
No doubt only saving itself from the NC-17 (No Children Under 17 Admitted) rating because it's a cartoon rather than live-action, the R-rated film is a full-out, and well-articulated, attack on the bogusness of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating system, no doubt due to Parker's unfortunate experience with them last year when they rated his comedy, "Orgazmo," NC-17, even though it had next to no sex and even very little harsh profanity.
Parker's flaccid porn lampoon "Orgazmo" and the duo's participation in "BASEketball" (they starred), didn't exactly court "brilliance."
Co-creator Trey Parker has already had a run-in with the MPAA ratings board last year over his porno satire "Orgazmo," and the rumor mill has been churning recently about whether or not "South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut" actually survived the ratings process in the state its title promises.
The biggest crime that Trey Parker and Matt Stone could ever commit would be re-releasing last year's "Orgazmo" to theaters.