Review of Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006) by Brucec. — 22 Jan 2006
"Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" is Albert Brooks as we haven't seen him since 1985's "Lost in America." This satire, in which Albert Brooks accepts a governmental commission to write a 500-page report on what tickles the Muslim funny bone, misses no opportunity to poke fun at America's cluelessness about other cultures.
Like "Lost in America" and "Real Life," its humor comes from Brooks's characters' desperate attempts to salvage some dignity in the face of a grand idea gone terribly wrong.
This time his satirical targets include the ironies of his own career: the burden of being better known for voicing a fish in a cgi cartoon than for all of his other work combined. It's a welcome return to form for one of our bravest satirists.
This review of Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006) was written by Brucec. on 22 Jan 2006.
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World has generally received mixed reviews.
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