Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

Morgan Spurlock is no Michael Moore, but his latest documentary Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? is a very digestible, if not 100% respectable, piece of foreign journalism that does a pretty good job of educating viewers on the realities of the Middle East, and how Islamic fundamentalism thrives in poverty, and most importantly how religious fundamentalism breeds radicalism.

Most Americans are sick of hearing that the Middle East is a mess and it's all their fault - I'm not saying that's true or they should feel that way, but the Morgan Spurlock doc comes at a weird time in the US. If it had come out in 2004 when Super Size Me swept Sundance, I think it would have been better received. America is sick of the war and the fear mongering...

The crux of Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? is the hunt for Osama Bin Laden himself and that’s epitomized in a clever video game, baseball trading cards and my favorite device, an animated Osama dancing to ‘Can’t Touch This’ by MC Hammer.

Unfortunately the camel and lasso poster makes it look like a comedy, and the sub plot of making the world safe for his unborn child is equal parts disingenuous and stupid, but the interviews are excellent. There are some scenes in this film I'll never forget: like the Hebrew temple in Tel Aviv when the hardcore Jewish fundamentalists start pushing him around?! That didn't happen on Islamic turf in Egypt or Pakistan or even Afghanistan. The movie is a fascinating barometer on so many levels… not the least of which is American box office apathy.

Before you watch the trailer, and download your collectible Osama mask, check out this YouTube video of Osama break dancing: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=XYBc9OxUtiM