Ann Curry Declares Basterds a 'Powerful Statement About Large, Big, Powerful Jews'

You've already heard what Movieline thought about the Cannes sensation without snipped genitals, but for a second opinion, we thought we'd refer you to Ann Curry. The daffy Today correspondent cornered Brad Pitt on live television this morning, then proceeded to grill the superstar about the WWII revenge fantasy as only Cannes Ann could:

By distilling Quentin Tarantino's decade's-end opus into a pullquote-ready tagline -- carefully calibrated to appeal to a powerful-statement-making large big powerful Jew like Harvey Weinstein -- around which an entire print campaign could be built. Look for it to adorn two-page Basterds spreads in Times on both coasts, over a blood-splattered yarmulke scrawled in the phrase "WE'LL MAKE YOU SAY 'OY.'"

This Ann, she's not as dumb as she looks.

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