Just Watched Sarah Silverman's JESUS IS MAGIC. I've always liked her comedy but having never seen her actual stand-up, I was skeptical whether her 'broadside you with a racist punchline' humor could sustain my interest over a long period of time. Well it can, and it did. She reminds me a lot of Steve Martin. Steve Martin would do a lot of dumb humor but the way he did it he was really making fun of dumb humor. Sarah Silverman does lots of racist humor, but the way she does it, this character she has onstage that she NEVER betrays, it's really mocking stereotypes.
And I'm serious about never breaking character. She's a godamned genius of a performer in that regard, and her humor is funny because she plays it so straight. And while the formula isn't fool-proof (there are several jokes that fall flat, and with the style of this comedy, if they fall flat they REALLY fall flat) but there were more hysterically funny moments here than any recent comedy I've seen.
The non-stand up parts, which are scattered throughout the movie, I can take or leave. The songs are great and really funny because they don't settle for being offensive, they're very clever as well. In Fact, that's sort of Sara Silverman in a nutshell: her humor is all about offending but it's the fact that she's really good at doing it, and does it in a clever way that makes it more than just a shtick.
As far as extras go, the dvd is unrated, but since I never saw the theatrical cut, I couldn't tell you what was added. There's also a commentary with the Sarah and the director, Liam Lynch which I think I wanna check out tonight.
Good stuff though, it gets my whole hearted reccomendation.
And I'm serious about never breaking character. She's a godamned genius of a performer in that regard, and her humor is funny because she plays it so straight. And while the formula isn't fool-proof (there are several jokes that fall flat, and with the style of this comedy, if they fall flat they REALLY fall flat) but there were more hysterically funny moments here than any recent comedy I've seen.
The non-stand up parts, which are scattered throughout the movie, I can take or leave. The songs are great and really funny because they don't settle for being offensive, they're very clever as well. In Fact, that's sort of Sara Silverman in a nutshell: her humor is all about offending but it's the fact that she's really good at doing it, and does it in a clever way that makes it more than just a shtick.
As far as extras go, the dvd is unrated, but since I never saw the theatrical cut, I couldn't tell you what was added. There's also a commentary with the Sarah and the director, Liam Lynch which I think I wanna check out tonight.
Good stuff though, it gets my whole hearted reccomendation.
