In The Loop and Dario Fo

I saw In The Loop and, one quick Google search later, I was very surprised that no one is comparing it to Dario Fo.

Maybe this is because In The Loop is still in limited release (spoilers ahead, by the way). Maybe it's because not too many people are still thinking about Dario Fo (if they even know who he is in the first place).

But In The Loop accomplishes very neatly what Accidental Death of an Anarchist did in its original context - get audiences laughing uproariously until they realize that the absurdities they're watching are very, very real.