GUILTY PLEASURE TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE

Voice-overs by: Trey Parker and Matt Stone(South Park creators). Directed by: Trey Parker for Paramount Pictures. In theaters: Now. Fade in: A Broadway actor is recruited to help an international police unit save the world from terrorists. Stroke of genius: It's a puppet show. That is. a S20 million, feature-length film with an allmarionette cast. The sets and explosions are real, just miniature. Raked over the coals: Jerry Bruckheimer action movies, celebrity culture. Bush-Cheney foreign policy. Mastermind: Think Jim Henson as Ritalin-addled juvenile delinquent. Industry question: Parker and Slone have had bad luck with human actors (Orgazmu. BASEketball), but their ruthlessly clever animated series. South Park, which first aired in 1997, is funnier now than ever. Will wood and papier-mache prove too big a departure? Trend watch: Audiences respond to irreverent humor no matter how depraved as long as strings are attached.

ADAM LAUKHUF