Why did Warner Independent Pictures pick up Albert Brooks' "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World"? "We saw the movie, and it was clear that Albert makes fun of himself and America, not anybody else," CEO Mark Gill told L.A. Times entertainment columnist Patrick Goldstein.

We have a new tactic in the struggle to understand Muslim World -- laughter, a U.S. State Department representative tells comedian Albert Brooks in the movie "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World," which opens in Chicago this Friday.