Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic

Comedian Sarah Silverman cheerfully ignores any and all taboos in this performance film based on her hit off-Broadway show. Combining stand-up material with comedy sketches and musical numbers, Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic is dominated by Silverman's typically edgy monologues, including bits on ...more

Sarah Silverman is not a ditzy, shallow, racist, homophobic hatemonger, but she does play one on TV. The most distinctive female voice in stand-up didn't get there just by saying things women don't say -- but by saying things people don't say. But Silverman is not half as controversial as she might be, because she doesn't mean a bit of it. The character Silverman plays is part and parcel to everything she does. Without her once having to call attention to herself or drop character, savvy viewers ...more