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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Ras Siddiqui February 2, 2006

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#3 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on February 3, 2006 10:02:55 am
Ras,
Isn`t it funny that to look for ``comedy in the Muslim world,`` one has to go all the way to India? That in itself should answer most questions. :)
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#2 Posted by Saminasha on February 3, 2006 8:45:26 am
It seems the irony is so subtle in this movie, that mainstream American critics have missed it. Brooks means this movie to be a mirror.
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#1 Posted by nasah on February 3, 2006 6:53:24 am
Ras -- saw it in Washington -- never mind the eyebrow raising title of the movie -- the movie is quirkily funny -- in the understated tradition of Brooksian style.....deserves three stars..:)
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