Hollywood’s Cultural Jabs Get Mixed Reviews

Travel Blog  •  Elyse Franko  •  06.25.08 | 9:55 AM ET

Hindu viewers aren’t showing much love for The Love Guru. According to Foreign Policy’s Passport Blog, they believe Mike Myers’ latest movie “lampoons their faith and reinforces misconceptions about their religion.” But oddly enough, Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With the Zohan is a hit among Israelis, despite its blatant stereotypes of Israeli culture. “I have no problem making fun of Israel, ‘cause I think we are pretty damn funny,” Israeli hip-hop artist Shaanan Streett told the AP.

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Elyse Franko is a Long Island native, a graduate of the American University School of Communication in Washington, D.C., and a former World Hum intern. During her time at university, she wrote and edited for several campus publications and fostered her love for traveling by spending time abroad in Istanbul, Turkey, and Berlin, Germany. She currently works as a teaching assistant in Vienna, Austria.


1 Comment for Hollywood’s Cultural Jabs Get Mixed Reviews

Jim Benning 06.25.08 | 12:26 PM ET

There’s also an interesting piece in the New York Times on how Hollywood comedies resonate with movie-goers overseas:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/business/media/22steal.html

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