Thinking That Crystal Fairy Is About Drugs Is Missing The Point

Crystal Fairy & The Magic Cactus opens with cutesy scribbles of road trip imagery disintegrating -- in a trippy and cartoonish way -- into crystals. The film then kicks off by demonstrating that it isn't afraid of showing a little excessive drug use, with Michael Cera complaining about the quality of cocaine he has had access to during his time in Chile. He then proceeds to do a lot of it. Drug usage is central to the film. In fact, it drives the plot along, sending Cera's character Jamie, along...