Movie Review: 'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World'
My girlfriend and I saw Albert Brooks' new film 'Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World' yesterday evening at the Uptown Theater. I'm not really a fan of Albert Brooks, but I've enjoyed his voice over work in the Simpsons. However, I was looking forward to seeing a movie about humor in foreign culture, and I expected all sorts of misunderstandings concerning what is funny in Western culture and what is funny in South Asian culture.
In short, this movie fell way short of my expectations. Brooks' over-explanation of what sarcasm is to Sheetal Shesh's character, Maya, was painful. I realize that his performance was supposed to tank, but it wasn't even funny in an embarrassing way. It was just painful. I think it shouldn't be billed as a comedy, but a disaster film.
Don't bother to see this film.
In short, this movie fell way short of my expectations. Brooks' over-explanation of what sarcasm is to Sheetal Shesh's character, Maya, was painful. I realize that his performance was supposed to tank, but it wasn't even funny in an embarrassing way. It was just painful. I think it shouldn't be billed as a comedy, but a disaster film.
Don't bother to see this film.
posted by Tom Parsons @ 10:43 AM
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Hia, 'dwi newydd cael hyd i dy flog di trwy Chris Cope. Oes 'na lot o chi yn Minneapolis eisio fod yn Gymraeg? Dwi'n ffeindio fo'n ofnadwy o rhyfedd, mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud. Ond da iawn chi a chroeso'n gynnes gennyf i eniwe.
Diolch am dy sylw Annie. Dw i ddim yn cadw y blog hwn yn up-to-date felly weles i ddim dy sylw tan rŵan. Stori hir ydy hi am pam y dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg.
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