Curb Your Enthusiasm "Fatwa!", centered around "The Satanic Verses" controversy, in which Ayatollah Khomeini ordered a fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989. "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is one of the most acclaimed television shows of the 2000s, praised particularly for its writing and the actors' improvisational comedy. The show has enjoyed largely positive critical reception since its debut and a steadily growing, dedicated audience that helped it emerge from its early "cult" status. On Metacritic, the first season of the show scored 80 out of 100 (based on 20 reviews), 93 for season 3 (based on 12 reviews), 88 for season 4 (18 reviews),
Curb (album) album's producer Larry Anschell also sued the band for "production royalties and property rights" to the songs on "Curb". "Curb" received mixed to negative reviews from critics. In "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide", published in 2004, "Curb" was awarded one and a half stars and criticised for its "generic heft [which] got the band nowhere". Reviewing the album for musicOMH, David Rafaello claimed that "Curb" is "stuck in a time capsule labelled 'mid-90s paralysis'", suggesting that it was only released internationally in 2002 in an attempt to "cash in on the momentary fame and success of the group". Continuing