Comedy on the edge

Warren Beatty, "Bulworth"

A liberal senator snaps under the weight of too many compromises and begins publicly spewing bitter truths in the form of hip-hop ditties. His raps address hot-button concerns ranging from special-interest groups to minorities living in poverty. A sample lyric: “All we need is a voluntary, free-spirited, open-ended program of procreative racial deconstruction/Everybody just gotta keep fuckin’ everybody till they’re all the same color.”

Does he go too far?: A jaw-dropping display of chutzpah fitting for an actor-filmmaker who’s been targeting sacred cows since the ‘70s.