Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic Full Movie Reviews

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TheWolf
TheWolf
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3/4

Shes great as always

TheWolf - wrote on 08/09/2007

Basically a stand-up session enriched by skits. Silverman is exceedingly funny, capitalizing on her beauty, the sweet blankness of some of her expressions, especially mild puzzlement as the audience reacts to some of her over-the-top lines. She has a filthy mouth and a filthy mind and says the most outrageous things as if respect and decorum were annoying nuisances to be swept away with a comment or a laugh. Somehow her riffs on racism and other tricky subjects pass through offensiveness and come out the other side as brilliant satire of society's often hypocritical observance of "tolerant" values. Some of the skits are a little tedious—the framing device with her sister about putting on a show is strained and overlong, and the folksinger at the old-folks' home and the grandmother's …

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