You Don't Mess with the Zohan

But I did. And I have to say, the results weren't as bad as I expected. Yes, the plot veered in unexpected twists and folds not unlike a loaf of challah but I couldn't resist. Sandler and challah are damn good. And is it just me or does Adam Sandler look hot in that Alf meets Flock of Seagulls 80's haircut (equally fashioned by Chandler Bing in those high school flashbacks on Friends )? On second thought, he kinda looks like Affleck. Hmm Alf-leck? But seriously, I think it was Zohan's denim cut off shorts. More specifically, his overstuffed Speedos. Yeah, that's the ticket. Or maybe I'm ignoring the fact that I fall helplessly in love with nebbish Jewish boys with musical talent (cough cough Josh Groban)? You know what they say about those Jewish boys. Oy, I'm shvitzing like a chazzer!

As an aspiring professional comedy writer, Adam Sandler has long been one of my greatest sources of inspiration. From Canteen Boy to Lunchlady Land to hike school and the professional wedding singer circuit, Sandler has delighted and impressed with his depictions of men-children struggling to make it in their respective worlds. Can't we all relate?

Perhaps fueled by a drunken bout of chanting the Billy Madison victory song at Liza's farewell party last weekend, I couldn't wait to mess with the Zohan all week long and I finally did. Perhaps the only movie to tackle the 2000-year old Israeli-Palestinian conflict with humor, Sandler's Zohan defies all expectations by abandoning the hatred and pursuing his dreams as an anything but feygele hairdresser.

In a reaching but earnest attempt to unite Israelis and Palestinians in a tacky Manhattan hair salon, Sandler shakes his best assets (literally...and quite well, I may add) in [SPOILER ALERT] reaching a settlement with his Palestinian nemesis brilliantly played by frequent collaborator and fellow Brooklyn native John Turturro by showing him he, too, can be the feyge shoe salesman he's always dreamed of becoming in America. If only Al Bundy had felt this appreciated, he wouldn't have been such a bastard to Peg!

Call your friend Veronica and head to your local multiplex. I may be one of, if not, the only blogger/s to approve of the Zohan, but you don't mess with it. You can do it!