There are billions of movies around the world whether it involves comedy, horror, drama, action etc. There are also many movies that include different races and cultures such as Italians, Greeks, Britain’s, Africans Americans, Arabs and so many more. What I will be focusing on is how Arabs are portrayed in movies. Many movies that are encountered around the world which include Arabs are very informative, interesting and rich in history. What I will be writing in this paper is how Arabs are portrayed in “You Don’t Mess With The Zohan” and analyzing is as well. A famous actor named Adam Sandler was the main character in this movie in which he also produced this comedy genre movie. Even though this movie didn’t get the best ratings, reviews and it was stereotypical in a way, however, I liked it because of the fact that it involves Israel’s and Palestinians and since I am a Palestinian, I was interested in watching this movie, even if it upset me because it reminded of what is currently going in Palestine now and the fact that they tried to make Zohan look like an angel in this movie. However, Palestine and Israeli has been an issue for thousands of years and this movie touches some base on it. So I will be giving a description of this film, my opinion on it and some history that involves this film about the Palestinians and Israel’s.
I will start off by giving a short and detailed description of this film. Zohan Dvir, also known as Adam Sandler in real life, is an Israeli terrorist/special agent who lived with his parents in Israeli (Palestine) and got sick of the fighting and danger he was in with the Palestinians on a daily basis. He was so sick of it that he fell in Love with the idea of finding a way to move to the USA and fulf...
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... example of how Arabs can marry more than 1 girl or when Salim was trying to dial a number, it took forever for him to dial because it was a very long number so that was making fun of the Arabs in a way. This movie had a lot of Stereotypes in a way; however, it does justify the fact that there is tension and problems between the Israel’s and Palestinians. In the end of the movie, it shows how Phantom and Zohan made peace, got along and Zohan married Dalia. That doesn’t happen often between the Palestinians and Israelis. This movie reminded me of how I hope the Palestinians do find peace one day in their country.
Two Reviews
“The ideas and some of the individual bits in Zohan work, but the crudeness of the execution undermines the results” –Michael Phillips of Chicago Tribune on Rotten Tomato’s http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008759-you_don't_mess_with_the_zohan/
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