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[yagathai]

I am a huge fan of the terrorist comedy Four Lions, opening here in the US later this week. As comedies go, it is as black as the blackest black thing, and equal parts hilarious and sad. You should go see it when it comes out.

Only tangentially related, Xeni Jardin interviewed Chris Morris, the movie's writer/director, and he had this little gem to share:

Look, the cartridges that were bombs, that were intercepted in the FedEx parcel bombing attempt last week—the guy who made those bombs turned his brother into a bottle rocket last year. That whole group are basically displaced Saudis in Yemen. They don't like the Saudis. This guy wanted to blow up a Saudi prince. And he persuaded his brother to use a suppository bomb. The suppository bomber turns up at the Saudi prince's place, says hello to the Saudi prince, pulls out a trigger, fires off the bomb, then blasts himself vertically, straight through the ceiling. The Saudi prince picks himself up and says, "Right, now then, where was I?" And that's the end of that. It's a perfect sight gag. For everyone other than the guy's mother, it's a funny story.

That is some hilarious shit right there.

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[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

Ha!

[kev.livejournal.com]

For everyone other than the guy's mother, it's a funny story.

Hah! Good one.

[lawbabeak.livejournal.com]

*sigh* That movie is SO not going to show in Knoxville. Maybe over the mountains in Asheville... or maybe Nashville... or I could just wait for the DVD...