Given that the film was made by jews I think expecting a critique of Zionism would be a little optimistic, however I was pleasantly surprised in a lot of ways. The Palestinians in the film were portrayed sympathetically as individuals, everyone got together and lived in peace at the end and perhaps most radically of all, the big capitalist was shown to be dividing and ruling over the ordinary working people by fostering racism and conflict. The ordinary arabs and jews defeated him by putting aside their differences and working together. That's actually a pretty subversive message to come out of a daft Hollywood comedy.
I used to want to change the world. Now I just want to leave the room with a little dignity.
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