Jesus is Magic

We went to see "Sarah Silverman in Jesus is Magic" on Friday. It was a stand-up, musical, short skit movie and was pretty entertaining. What I really loved about it was the fact that she really doesn't care what she says; she's willing to cross any line. The movie is about, in her words, the holocaust, AIDS, and race...but it's funny! She jokes that every 30 seconds a black man will stand behind a news reporter on camera and jump up and down and make faces. This was particularly funny because the night before, Yvonne and I were watching the news and a black man was standing behind the reporter jumping up and down and making faces. Another joke goes "I was licking jelly off of my boyfriend's penis, and all of the sudden I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm turning into my mother!'". Although some of the jokes are pretty raunchy, it is not stupid comedy. She jokes about real issues, including issues rarely joked about, namely 9/11. Again, she's not afraid to cross any line. Even though she touches on some sensitive subjects, I didn't cringe at all. I think it's because she's smart about her punchlines. Her joke about 9/11 didn't focus on the tragedy itself but instead on the fact that it was especially devastating for her because it was the same day that she found out that a soy chai latte was like 900 calories.
Here's a clip from the movie.