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Adam Sandler's movies haver never represented the apex of cultural awareness, but they do tend to grapple, if somewhat brashly, with the finer points of human relations. In his latest raunchfest, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, the insolent comic creates "his stupidest character ever" (as an audience member muttered five minutes into last night's New York preview screening), but it's also his most symbolic one: Sporting a hyperbolic flair for disco music and using hummus as toothpaste, hardened Israeli soldier Zohan is a bloated creature of Semitic extremes.

Overall, however, the movie uses metaphors more than stereotypes. When Zohan and a furious Palestinian terrorist (John Turturro) use paddles to bat a live grenade back and forth, the result is a lowbrow editorial cartoon.

In a ridiculous attempt to drum up more interest in SiCKO, Michael Moore is running a contest this weekend where, when it's all said and done, the writer-director will show up to a Republican's house and do their laundry. I kid you not. The actual application (which you can find via this link) begins with: "Can you imagine someone from the government coming to your home to help you with laundry? Well, they do it in France and if you enter the contest this weekend you will have the chance to win the same treatment for a Republican friend of yours from Michael Moore himself!" Unfortunately, I'm not a Republican -- but even so, who in their right mind would want Michael Moore showing up to do laundry? Then again, maybe there are some warped people out there. Hang on, let me ask my wife if she wants that guy handling her underwear ... with a camera crew behind him. Because you know Moore ain't doing this without being able to post the video on his site.

But in case you're interested in this fantastic opportunity and/or feel like abusing a Republican friend of yours, here's what you need to do. First up, you need to go see SiCKO this weekend (specifically Friday, July 27 - Sunday, July 29) with a Republican friend of yours. Then you need to mail your ticket stub, a sworn statement (that you attended a screening of SiCKO with a Republican) and said Republican's contact information to the address stated on the application form. I assume after that a winner will be "randomly" chosen, and Michael Moore will show up to their house to do their laundry. I couldn't find any rules on Moore's site, but I wouldn't be surprised if the winner has to sign all kinds of documents allowing Moore to plaster their face all over the web. Hey, but if there are any Republicans out there who would love to debate Moore over a bottle of laundry detergent and some dirty underwear -- by all means, have a ball.

Whether you love him or hate him (or as I do, love him and hate him), you're probably looking forward to Michael Moore's next film. Even if you have no intention of seeing it, you can't wait to be vocal about why not. Of course, not all the haters will be avoiding the film; Moore, unlike any other despised filmmaker, has a way of still attracting his critics to the theater. Well, you lovers and haters don't have much longer to wait, because The Weinstein Co. has just announced a June 29 release for Moore's latest, the health care system expose Sicko.

For those of you wondering if Moore could possibly top his successes with Bowling for Columbine (the Oscar-winner) and Fahrenheit 9/11 (the Cannes winner and the box office winner), it turns out that Sicko could be successful in a new way. According to Harvey Weinstein, the doc will unify Republicans and Democrats. He claims to have seen the film with members of both parties, and all viewers have been in agreement in disapproving of the U.S. health care industry, as it is depicted by Moore. However, the problem with the film being less controversial, and to many Americans, possibly less interesting, is that it might be a hard sell to audiences who might rather spend their weekend happier, with Pixar's Ratatouille, or who might even hold out five days and see Transformers instead.

Similar to what the Weinsteins did with Fahrenheit 9/11, the new documentary will be distributed domestically by Lionsgate. The difference is that with the previous film, the partnership was somewhat forced by Disney -- which owns Miramax, which was at the time run by the Weinsteins -- because Disney didn't want to be associated with the Bush-bashing doc. Now that the brothers have TWC, they don't have such an obligation, but the union was still beneficial to them this time around because of a doc distribution deal Lionsgate has with Showtime. While Lionsgate books Sicko in theaters in the U.S., TWC will distribute internationally and will take care of marketing costs.