Word: cult
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...that cult hit from the Coen Brothers, Turturro had a small, but memorable part as Jesus Quintana, the Latino bowler, who in perhaps the movie's most iconic scene stares down The Dude (Jeff Bridges), Lebowski's sloppy hero. "You said it man," Jesus barks at one point, trying to intimidate The Dude, "Nobody f---s with the Jesus." It is a line of dialogue still repeated today by giggling college students in their dorms - or waiting in line outside midnight screenings - and it seemed to play a factor in the naming of You Don't Mess with the Zohan...
...just in the eyes of the viewers. So in hopes of understanding the style and strut of Zohan - an undercover Israeli Mossad agent who leaves a life of violence to set up shop as a New York hairdresser - we take a look back at two other cult cinematic icons: Borat, and Jesus. (Full-disclosure: This kind of article was totally ripped off, er, inspired by Entertainment Weekly...
...cult musical tells the story of an innocent couple stranded in a storm who seek help in a castle—but find instead rock, sex, and transsexuals. Maybe we were hoping for an awakening for ourselves. Casts screen and embellish Rocky in theaters from Israel to Paris, Las Vegas to West Des Moines...
...Kazakhstan. Then again, the image of the country created by the movie couldn't be more appallingly crass. But it's all relative. Kazakhstan's neighbors include: Uzbekistan, which regularly makes news for its repressive crackdown on dissidents; Turkmenistan, which is best known for its former dictator's cult of personality so extreme that he renamed the days of the week after the women in his life; and Kyrgystan, which is where, exactly? Kazakhstan, by contrast, has the neighborhood bragging rights attached to being a big name in Hollywood...
While some might say the social importance of a weekly sitcom is limited. M*A*S*H earned a cult prominence and then a social significance that guaranteed it more than a sitcom’s respect. Colonel Blake’s sad departure, Trapper’s hasty exit, and Radar’s return to Otumwa, Iowa prompted mourning and drunken reflection from avid viewers nationwide. M*A*S*H’s final episode, not surprisingly, became a national phenomenon, and we join the rest of the nation and the host of last-episode partiers in saying...