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SILVERMAN: JESUS IS MAGIC - Documentary, US, 2005, |
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Silverman is magic and a comic genius to boot - more outrageous than Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and Whoopie Goldberg rolled into one. There is no cow too sacred for her to skewer. Despite her toned biceps she projects an image as fragile and flighty as Parker Posey while her breathy, girlish voice turns her acid tongue into a stealth weapon. A brilliant social satirist, Silverman ferrets out our hypocrisies, sentimentalities, denials and repressions and makes us think about them while we're laughing. The whiff of so-called political correctness is to her as blood to a shark. The film surrounds a live recording of Silverman's one-woman show at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood with clever skits and some hilariously obvious special effects. (Don't worry, she didn't really sing that dreadful song to a group of octogenarians. It just looks as if she did.) And, by the way, she can belt out a tune as well as anyone on Broadway. (Amy Taubin) Director: Liam
Lynch There is no doubt that Sarah Silverman's star is definitely on the rise. Currently, she can be seen in the documentary feature THE ARISTOCRATS, and was last seen in THE SCHOOL OF ROCK. She has guest starred in a slew of television shows, such as The Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld, Star Trek Voyager and Jag. Silverman's film appearances include THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, THE WAY OF THE GUN, EVOLUTION, THE BACHELOR and SAY IT ISN'T SO. |