As I suggested earlier:

It is becoming readily apparent to me that “The Aristocrats” is not going to suffer the same fate as did “The Blair Witch Project” — which is to say, it appears to me many people still aren’t getting the joke. Which, naturally, makes the joke even funnier. This may become the Mobius Strip movie of the decade.

I should be a mindreader. (HA! HA! HA! HA! Sorry.)

Penn Jillette’s project, “The Aristocrats“ — known affectionately by many as the movie that presents the dirtiest joke ever told, the movie Michael Medved panned “because it’s not a film anybody’s going to see, it’s not a film that anybody cares about” — is proving itself, its premise, and bearing out what I suspected: some people just don’t get it at all.

My favorite comment is, “The joke isn’t even funny.” (I strongly suspect these are the same people who would ban dihydrogen monoxide if they had half a chance.) But I disagree; this is very funny.

The motion picture opened in four theaters on July 29th and the news continues to roll in. CNN called it, “The most foul-mouthed movie ever.” It went on to say, “‘Aristocrats’ offers no sex or violence, but plenty of obscenity.”

In other words, it’s like a trip to the local mall’s food court on a Saturday night?

AMC Theatres claims it will not show the movie on any of its nearly 3,500 screens. In an interview with a hoarse Jillette:

Q: So I’m figuring I’ll get my ticket early, hopefully at the AMC theater. At Pleasure Island. In Walt Disney World. On opening day. What’re my chances?

Jillette: Not good. Not good at all. Hahaha!

“The Aristocrats” is not about the story; it’s about the storytellers. Or, as Penn put it, “It’s the singer, not the song. It’s the craft of comedy.” Unfortunately, critics — for the most part — are staring at the bark on the tree, wondering aloud what makes it so special. Color me capricious, but I find that awfully amusing.