[austinaero]

"It turned out that the story was wrong; Newsweek retracted it. And the rioting may have been a previously planned anti-American demonstration that had nothing to do with Newsweek."

Revisionism is alive and well!

[AmericanDave]

Good luck Albert, we can use a LOT of humour....

[Andy from Beaverton]

Is Muslim a Dirty Word in Hollywood?
No, conservative is though!

[kidd]

...is determined to find out what makes Muslims laugh

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because the IED threw him there! Allah Akbar.

[liberateUS]

In the film, the U.S. State Department, which wants the Muslim world to like us, is determined to find out what makes Muslims laugh.

3000 blown up at the WTC seemed to make them laugh!

[Semper Paratus]

In the 1970's almost every movie had buffoons wrapped in sheets acting like Ali-G.

[tkathy]

"what makes Muslims laugh"?

Butchering schoolchildren? Beheading teachers of children?

[eastforker]

They got the wrong Brooks, they need old Mel to straighten this mess out. Send over a couple a Imans to check out that quicksand.

[Drew68]

Brooks says he wanted to make this movie because after September 11th, he felt, Americans hated even the word "Muslim."

Brooks says he wanted to make this movie because after Auschwitz, he felt, Jews hated even the word "Nazi."

[Maceman]

Maybe they could have called the movie: "Muslim Men Can't Laugh."

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

"And the rioting may have been a previously planned anti-American demonstration that had nothing to do with Newsweek."

And Stalin may not have killed 80 million in the USSR, it was probably just a mass-suicide.

[nuconvert]

I like Albert Brooks and this is just his sort of movie. I'll be interested to hear more about it.

[dfwgator]

Then why is it that every movie about terrorism Hollywood produces ends up with white guys as the terrorists.

[layman]

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

He probably didn't have to look very hard. Those Muslims are a wacky, zany, fun loving group.

[ZULU]

"what are there, a billion-and-a-half Muslim people on this planet and I never thought that all of them wanted us dead,"

No. They would prefer us all Muslim. The dead part comes only if they can't achieve that goal.

[Safetgiver]

A part of me always thought that, you know, what are there, a billion-and-a-half Muslim people on this planet and I never thought that all of them wanted us dead," ....his first error.

[manwiththehands]

The Muslims don't seem to laugh at anything unless it has something to do with someone getting killed.

[kenth]

Here's a title: "Death Comedy Jam"

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Hollywood used to make lots of big-star, big-budget movies about Arab terrorists, like "Executive Decision," "Rules of Engagement" and "True Lies,"

And don't forget "Back to the Future". I still snicker at the image of a Volkswagen minibus filled with wild-eyed gun-toting Libyan terrorists. No way Hollywood would use a plot device like that nowadays.