Idiocracy Screenwriter: I Never Expected My Film Would Become Reality

Screenwriter Etan Cohen expressed his thoughts about the 2016 political climate yesterday when he said that America is getting closer to reflecting the world he helped envision in the film Idiocracy.

The fan-favorite film is about a military corporal who takes part in a cryogenic hibernation experiment, only to wake up and find that 26th century America became a dystopia of rampant commercialism and extreme stupidity. Cohen wrote it alongside Beavis & Butt-Head creator Mike Judge, and he expressed to his Twitter followers that life seemed to be imitating art:

I never expected #idiocracy to become a documentary.

— Etan Cohen (@etanjc) February 24, 2016

When asked if this was truly a surprise to him, had this to say:

@pimlius I thought the worst thing that would come true was everyone wearing Crocs

— Etan Cohen (@etanjc) February 24, 2016

Cohen is not the only person involved in the film to express this view; Judge told The Verge in 2014 about constant fan messages he gets from those saying he predicted America’s future. Terry Crews, who played President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho in the film, weighed in with similar thoughts last month as he briefly reprised his character.

PRESIDENT CAMACHO says:

ALL Y’ALL NEED TO STOP TRIPPIN. CHILL THE F OUT, ‘MERICA#CAMACHO2016 pic.twitter.com/qj7UgLU20V

— terrycrews (@terrycrews) January 14, 2016

[h/t The Hill]
[image via Flickr]

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