> The other technique that we developed (which was devastatingly effective) was to distract the committee with issues that were irrelevant but amenable to debat

> The other technique that we developed (which was devastatingly effective) was to distract the committee with issues that were irrelevant but amenable to debate. It's not exactly the same but this reminds me of the way Matt Stone described his interactions with the MPAA board in This Film Is Not Yet Rated (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated). i.e. they went into the Team America rating negotiation with aggressive material they were prepared to cut, and probably wanted to cut anyway, and let the committee spend all their time on that. See also (NSFW): https://youtu.be/SgyG8y1vg1M?t=151 https://youtu.be/SgyG8y1vg1M?t=151 https://lettersofnote.com/2009/09/30/p-s-this-is-my-favorite-memo-ever/ https://lettersofnote.com/2009/09/30/p-s-this-is-my-favorite...