![]() ![]() First-time writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg poke the issue of racial identity just hard enough to land an equal-opportunity punchline. Scott, makes a compelling argument that the film represents a sort of multiculturalization of the stoner genre (the title’s Harold and Kumar are, respectively, Korean-American and Indian-American), and that, even more interestingly, though that multiculturalization may provide a wellspring of humor, any indignation or social instruction is served up mostly on the sly. ![]() Leave it to the eggheads at The New York Times to walk away from Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, the latest stoner comedy from the director of Dude, Where’s My Car?, with the conclusion that the "slaphappy conventions of youthful lowbrow comedy and the easy inclusiveness of consumerism conspire to dispel the stale clouds of identity politics" – a theory that simply demands the question, "Dude, Where’s Your Sense of Humor?" In fact, the piece’s author, A.O. ![]()
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