Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)

 A kind of meta Comedy from the 'War on Terror' era. Quasi-mockumentery style film has Albert Brooks (who also wrote and directed), playing a version of himself sent to the Indian sub-continent by a government commission, to better our understanding of Muslims by learning what makes them laugh. While not a Muslim, my laughter here was limited principly to the tee-pee and "underground Pakastaini comedians" scenes. The topper joke was Brooks causing an international incident due to both India and Pakastain assuming he must be a spy. I admire the idea of this movie, it's certainly off the beaten path, but in execution it mostly flat. *1/2