But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won't.
I know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.
It's tricky: with comedy in any movie, you're hungry for an audience to embrace a movie and be a part of an experience that's comedic; it's the easier way to go in some ways.
Comedy is a shared experience, and I think it's great to open that to a wide demographic.
To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is something personal.
I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because it's real. Playing the genre is the worst thing you can do - it's embarrassing.
The thing with film is that it's so wide-reaching compared to comedy. When I release my comedy special, half a million people will see it. If I release a movie, five to ten million people will see it.
As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.
Even if you didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together before - comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly - it's the least offensive word in our language.
Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.