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Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (2005)
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Sarah Silverman (writer)
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1 August 2008 (UK)
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Narrative digressions on sex, race, politics, and more from comedienne Sarah Silverman. full summary | add synopsis
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Holy cows make the best hamburger
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sarah Silverman | ... | Sarah | |
| Brian Posehn | ... | Friend | |
| Laura Silverman | ... | Friend | |
| Bob Odenkirk | ... | Manager | |
| Steve Agee | ... | Guy in Wings | |
| Jim Bodma | ... | Grandma's Friend | |
| Jon Cellini | ... | Funeral Attendee | |
| David Derby | ... | Bass Guitar Player | |
| Suzannah Fagan | ... | Soccer Mom | |
| Robin Goldwasser | ... | Harmonies | |
| Dee Kaye | ... | Soccer Mom | |
| Jonathan Kimmel | ... | Harmonies | |
| Michael Kotch | ... | Guitar Player / Keyboards | |
| Kiyano La'vin | ... | African American Guy | |
| Ben Matthews | ... | Grandma's Friend |
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You know who has a tiny vagina? Barbie. Not Klaus Barbie, the infamous Nazi.
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References The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (1983) (TV)
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Sarah Silverman is subtle, provocative, and disturbing. Her guileless, deadpan parody of profane ideas is like a naive child faithfully repeating something horrifying that she overheard her parents whisper. Reviewers who compare her to Andrew Dice Clay don't understand her comedy. Clay pandered to his audience's bigotry without irony, telling his audience what they wanted to believe but were afraid to say themselves.
A more apt comparison would be to Carroll O'Connor: a gifted writer, comedian, and actor. Sarah Silverman presents a persona that makes people squirm; she creates a dissonance between her apparent lack of anger or malice and her socially unacceptable material. To accuse her of racism, sexism, homophobia, internalized anti-Semitism, or going for cheap shock is to miss the point. Holy cows make the best hamburger, but it's easy to choke on if you're laughing.
Silverman forces audiences to confront their own gut reactions about unacceptable ideas without providing anyone easy to blame. She is a polite, educated, attractive young woman. To hear her say things we refuse to believe polite, educated, attractive young women think or would even admit is disturbing.
The Anti-Defamation League, the National Organization of Women, NAACP, and the Human Rights Campaign won't laud her as a transgressive comedian who forces audiences to confront their own unacknowledged bigotry. Sarah Silverman is not a social crusader; she is a comedian who tickles your funny bone with a sharp spear. She could preface all her material with, "Can you believe there are idiots who think, '(assume character, insert content),'" to avoid controversy. Gutted by incorporated disclaimers, her comedy would lose its ability to induce awkward guilt in her audience. The power of her comedy is its ravaging of social beliefs that we are all supposed to share.
No comedy is universal, but hers is biting, subversive, disturbing, and fascinating. Instead of laughing at her content, you laugh at the attitudes she portrays and worry if you should find them funny. You either miss the irony of her comedy or you have to appreciate her genius as an actor, writer, comic, and social critic.