The comedy here is the comedy of incongruity: 1) Slacker types in 1870s Colorado going through dude-where's-my-horse locutions, 2) characters bursting into song at inopportune moments (like right after they've buried a hatchet in somebody's face), and 3) over-the-top gore coexisting with "Oklahoma!"-type musical cliches, right down to the Agnes de Mille-style dream ballet. One admires such ambition, especially on so small a budget. And one senses that Parker, who seems here to be doing a warm-up for his "South Park" feature, has a love-hate relationship with musicals. He knows the form is innately ridiculous, but he loves the freedom of expression and openness of emotion it permits. A fun idea for a movie; if only it were funnier. Once the novelty of a cannibal musical wears off, it's pretty thin stuff. Parker is an affable leading man, and there's one appealing lament to a lost horse, "When I Was On Top of You."
Review of Cannibal! The Musical
