Highly-effective satire on White racist imperialism - via a 007 parody - with specific regard to the so called Suez Crisis of the 1950s.
The Western political oppression shown here requires much macho posturing to foment in the minds of those whose skin is not as white as their own the belief that Whites are invincible. This is satirized here as crypto homosexuality as the male secret agents exaggerate their posture and walking styles to a ludicrous degree while their liking for heterosexuality is undercut by their absurdly tactile male bonding
The aim of the government agents here is to 'make the Middle East safe'. Yet, their complete disdain for other people's culture simply sows the seeds of the resentment that has precisely the opposite effect. After all: The problem with Arabic is 'it's so hard to read'. Like all racists, Agent Cent Dix Sept is somewhat slow witted and assumes that only White French can speak fluent French and that those one dominates need ones help because they are faithfully masochistic.
Jean DUJARDIN is a perfect cross between Peter SELLERS and Sean Connery, yet the women here are largely impressed – except the lone masochistic nymphomaniac. This is like Austin Powers, only a sight funnier since it is actually about something in the real world rather than merely a pastiche of filmic conventions and cliches. It actually satirizes the racism and sexism inherent in Bond films (not just their form) and, as such, is crammed full of enough ideas to populate at least three movies.
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