In choosing a title like Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World for his new film, Albert Brooks creates a fair amount of expectation from viewers. Firstly we expect some sort of active looking, we expect some humour, and we certainly hope for insight of some kind into this ‘Muslim world.’ While on the surface, Brooks’ film is about just what the title suggests, that the film is devoid of any pointed political or religious commentary, or really any comical content (other than determining what is indeed not funny to Muslims in India), is made all the more perplexing by this ‘provocative’ title.