Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic

June 9, 2006

Rated: NR Runtime: 72 min Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Let me start off by stating the obvious; Sarah Silverman can’t sing. She can write good lyrics, but with a couple of exceptions she should stay away from the microphone when she’s not talking.

Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic Jesus is Magic is a multimedia forum for Sarah to showcase her talents, and fortunately it’s mostly filled with her stand up routine. It starts off with a skit.. mildly funny.. then she sings.. horrible.. then the stand up begins and all is well. Seriously, don’t bail at the beginning no matter how much you want to.

Sarah has a dry wit about her that you’ll either love or hate, and most of you will love her. She doesn’t shy away from any subject, be it 9/11, racism or her dead grandmother. If you’ve seen The Aristocrats you know what to expect.

Except for the singing. If you make it past the opening song you have about 4 more to sit through, 2 of which are pretty good. I like her song “you’re gonna die soon” (sung to a group of elderly people in a nursing home) and the closing number in her encore, but the others just suck.

The name of this DVD comes from one of her jokes where she talks about possibly having kids and raising them in a mixed religion family since she’s Jewish and her boyfriend is Catholic. It’s simple, you just explain to the child that mommy is one of the chosen people, and daddy believes that Jesus is magic. Ya know, cause he turned water into wine… and stuff.

If you’re offended by that, you really don’t want to watch this DVD.

Posted by John | Filed Under 4 Stars, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Comedy, DVD, Laura Silverman, NR, Sarah Silverman