Two questions

[evilbearhunter]

My roommate is doing a project on portrayals of people of the Middle East in mainstream American film. She's sick of watching military movies; does anyone have recommendations? Maybe something in a romantic comedy? All the military ones get at the same terrorist stereotypes, so it would be interesting to see some more quotidian examples. So even

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[darth_snarky]

If the guy was Aaron Echart, I think that movie was called Towelhead, though the imdb thinks its title is Nothing Is Private.

[sucrelefey]

http://www.cookingnook.com/pumpkin-cheesecake-recipe.html
http://www.canadianliving.com/food/crunchy_top_pumpkin_cheesecake.php

[kirpunz]

Sadly all I can think of is "You don't mess with the Zohan".

[early_afternoon]

This is not a film recommendation, but I strongly encourage your roommate to have a look at "Orientalism" by Edward Said, who is a historical theorist, but he did an extremely extensive amount of work on the common conception of Middle Eastern and other peoples in the popular discourse of the West.

[evilbearhunter]

Oh, believe me, check. I'm pretty sure Said is like, the basis of her entire paper. Thanks though!

[particle_person]

In action movies, there's True Lies, I guess. I remember that movie coming in for criticism even at the time, though, so it's probably more of the terrorist shit.