Review of The Bowtie

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Bowtie (2005)
Season 5, Episode 2
You kidding
8 March 2023
For the umpteen times, you guys in show biz should NEVER take the easy road when it comes to people's culture and faiths.

The private investigator made a huge mistake when he was praying as a Muslim.

When he was praying, his forehead and nose MUST touch the ground. He didn't do that. He pretended he was praying, but the moves were wrong.

He also talked when Larry entered the room when he shouldn't interrupt his prayer unless there was an emergency. After prostrating, which is the gesture of placing one's body in a reverentially or submissively prone position, there's Tashahud. Tashahud is the portion of the Muslim prayer where the person kneels or sits on the ground facing the qibla, glorifies God, and says some prayers before he ends the prayer by looking to the right and left and saying "Peace be Upon You". So, the total Muslim prayer seemed fake on the screen and wrong by all means. It's like doing Kaddish with 9 men instead of 10 at a Jewish funeral and trying to make people believe it's correct.

Other than that, the episode is good and funny.
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