That is the premise of a new movie called "Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World", out now in the U.S... I don't know why they went to the trouble of making this movie. I can speak from experience that overly religious people from ALL religions are generally stone-faced and humorless.
The film was also screened at the recent Dubai Film Festival, where it apparently met with mixed reactions.
Don't expect to see it here anytime soon...
Friday, January 20, 2006
Islamic Comedy
The U.S. State Department, in its latest effort to understand the Muslim world, is sending comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to figure out what makes Muslims laugh.
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also i dont think we will see it here at all!
ReplyDeleteabout relegios ppl....man ur wrong!,,,there are some very funny religious guys...give them another shot and ull find some
Killa Ma6goog,
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So many things to laugh about around here, yet so little comedy.
(Not to overlook AbdelAziz al Musallam's latest attempts at Islamizing it :P)
Judging by the poster and the trailer, it's very optimistic of Albert Brooks to think that India would represent the Muslim World.
ينفخون في جربة مقضوضة ، ومادري بس كأنه اسم الفيلم مقزز شوي
ReplyDeleteI just blogged it yesterday :P
Elgloob shuwahid again :P
That's weird. Many people think that India is an Islamic counrty. Is it, though?
ReplyDeleteUh, did you know that some books that are sold in bookstores here (although we only have, what, five?) make fun of Islam? And I wonder why no body cares. Do they read them before they sell them?
A funny thing that you might not know is, Fehrenheit 9/11 was banned here, only the book was actually sold. Is still sold, I guess. I'll have to check.
ma6goog.... a shot of what?
ReplyDeleteI sometimes laugh AT محمد العوضي because he's so ridiculous, not because he's intentionally funny
Jandeef.. great minds think alike, right?
Want Islamic comedy? visit any mosque after prayer's speeches. People still live in the past centuries.
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Zaydoun, what do you mean religious men aren't funny... what do you call this guy :p
ReplyDeleteZaydoun ...
ReplyDeleteThe most funny and humorous people I have met in my life are religious! they smile like all the time mashaAllah ...
I am not defending them and I am not religious!
I am just being realistic :)
I saw the preview yesterday in the movies, and even that wasn't funny. It's a bit "blah" and so is the main actor.
ReplyDeleteZaydoun is being ridiculous
ReplyDeletehe is educated enough to know that he shouldnt generalise
but he just hates religious people period,, and any thing good they show is overlooked,, coz they wanna rule by the law of God and he wants to rule by the law of taghoot
I was confused about why they chose India as well. An indian friend of mine said that there are cities in India that are primarily muslim, and (she thinks) islam is the 2nd largest religion in India. And of course India has a gigantic population, so it does have a relately large number of muslims.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, Albert Brooks is typically very funny, and I don't think he's a fan of the current US govt. The premise of the movie is that the US govt sends his character to India/Pakistan to find out about comedy in the "islamic world." I haven't seen the movie yet, but I wouldn't be suprised if this is a joke about how stupid the US govt is when it comes to the islamic world.
q8ibloger... you just proved my point
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In one of the interviews with albert brooks he stated that the movie was made to bring the west closer to the Islamic world especially with all the current violent events. (ya rite ) a movie made by a media controlled by Zionists Jews to make Islam look more friendly. Well we should not knock it until we see it
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