The Infidel: a case of mistaken identity  It ought to have been
right up my street, but the politics of David Baddiel's new
film, The Infidel, just didn't ring true     • Jump to comments
() Still from David Baddiel's The Infidel Still from the trailer
for David Baddiel's religious comedy, The Infidel. Photograph:
Revolver Entertainment  Oh boy, I'm gonna get myself in trouble
for this one. So, a few weeks ago I went to a preview screening
of new comedy The Infidel, out on general release tomorrow. The
concept of the film: a Muslim discovers that he was born a Jew,
and religious-based hilarity ensues. As the lights dimmed I was
proper excited. Here was the utilisation of comedy as a tool to
celebrate what makes us different and what makes us the same.
This couldn't have been more up my street if it lived next door.
As I sat there in the darkness enjoying Omid Djalili's
performance and David Baddiel's jokes, I was gradually overtaken
though with the sense that something wasn't quite right. Like a
cracked bell,