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22 Years Ago, Sean Penn Sent the ‘South Park’ Creators This Very Angry Letter

Sean Penn hadn’t seen Team America when he wrote its creators an angry letter about voting. Trey Parker found the reaction ironic.

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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone offended several celebrities they parodied in their 2004 puppet movie Team America: World Police, but only one was bothered enough to write the pair an angry letter. That person, it turns out, was Sean Penn, who, interestingly, hadn’t even seen the film before committing his thoughts to paper. Penn evidently didn’t just intend for Parker and Stone to read what he had to say, either, since he quickly made his note available for all to see.

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