References To Real-life Events
Many issues are tackled in this film. Neo-Nazism and abortion are present in the film, as well as references to the dragging of a black man in Texas and the Columbine High School massacre. Furthermore, the terrorist group at the beginning of the film is called the Diaper Mafia, in reference to the real-life Trenchcoat Mafia, a high school clique that the two Columbine shooters were believed to be part-time members of.
The film premiered in the United States shortly following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Most mainstream film companies that featured the World Trade Center underwent additional editing to avoid distress. Kaufman chose to leave the World Trade Center in the final cut of the film, arguing that most viewers would be able to see the Twin Towers without being distressed.
Read more about this topic: Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
Famous quotes containing the word events:
“By many a legendary tale of violence and wrong, as well as by events which have passed before their eyes, these people have been taught to look upon white men with abhorrence.... I can sympathize with the spirit which prompts the Typee warrior to guard all the passes to his valley with the point of his levelled spear, and, standing upon the beach, with his back turned upon his green home, to hold at bay the intruding European.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)