so i just saw Gran Torino in a packed theater with many of my fellow Americans, and let me tell you... American hypocrisy is alive and well. the theater literally bust up laughing, and even had spats of applause at the main characters racist comments. mainly because they were directed at Asians and Hispanics. i know for a fact if he had said "nigger" there would have been nothing but gasps. but no, "slope" and "zipperhead" gets huge laughs. awesome. it was really surreal.

that being said, it was a fucking awesome movie.