The ignoring of terrorist activity was hilarious satire that hits much harder today with the school shooting stuff and regular terrorist activities. The Hava Nagila scene was funny. Was there any extra subtext with the choice of that song? 'Brazil' - 'Hava Nagila' from filmc3ption on Vimeo. This guy's review was accurate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6u11DbZHrY