Super Troopers 2 misses the mark

I have to be honest I haven't watched Super Troopers but the 2-minute trailer was well enough for me.

In this movie, the Super Troopers have numerous encounters with Mounties (Canadian mounted police) and other "local French Canadians" while trying to solve an issue regarding the borders between Québec and Vermont.

As it is the case with these types of movie, the plot is secondary. However the comedic element is totally incoherent.

Movie director Jay Chandrasekhar seems to have done zero research on so called "French Canadians".

Part of the issue for Chandrasekhar comes from the fact that French Canadians living in Québec refer to themselves as Québécois.

Outside of their love for hockey and their usage of the French language, Québécois don't share that much resemblances with the French and Canadian counterparts.

The butchered version of French spoken by the Storm Troopers is filled with expressions like "Eau de toilette" that aren't even familiar to Québécois.

The song used in the soundtrack (Ça plane pour moi) was recorded by a Belgian artist.

The symbols being ridiculed like Tim Hortons, Mounties, Barenaked Ladies which are central elements of the Canadian culture don't have much resonance in Québec.

By the look of its trailer, Super Troopers 2 is grotesque, ignorant and not even funny.

Now let's imagine what the reactions would have been if Chandrasekhar had "targeted" Afro-Americans or Latin Americans.

If you want to make fun of something, at least make sure you know what you are making fun of.

Anyway, it's not the first time that Americans have issues with Geography...