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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
UNITED STATES · 2006

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Albert Brooks
cultural diplomacy cross-cultural misunderstanding comedy and humor US foreign relations religious and cultural differences
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Synopsis

To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.

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