Dull blades

Ultra-low-brow humor makes new Ferrell film one to miss | John Dawson

Will Ferrell's latest offering—Blades of Glory (rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor and language)—trades on a brand of humor that turns one of the biggest culture war battlefields into a running joke. Surprisingly, Christians and gay people might walk away from Blades of Glory with the same thought: Should we be laughing at homosexuality like this?

The action begins with a fistfight between champion ice skaters Chazz Michael Michaels, a flamboyantly straight man played by Will Ferrell, and Jimmy MacElroy, a straight but pastel-loving softy played by Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder. The two are banned from participating in the competitive figure skating circuit, but the rulebook allows an out: The ban is only for singles events, not pairs figure skating. Naturally, the two team up.

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