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The politics of making people laugh: comedienne Shazia Mirza talks about race, Muslim jokes, and the painful truths of being funny.(protest & art)
Stand-up comedy is one of the most challenging and complex of the performing arts. After doing stand-up for nearly 10 years, I've seen talent that runs the gamut of ambition. Some comics are after the cheap laugh. Others are enthralled by the sound of their own voices or the cleverness of their own wit. Still others are in it strictly for the money. Some folks are just trying to get laid.
The comics the world remembers, however, are the ones who tell the truth. Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney, George Carlin. They make us laugh, but they make us think, too. They have something funnier and more important to say than recounting their latest sexual exploit or ...
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- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) April 22, 2002 700+ words
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Byline: Shazia Mirza THE kids of today are frightening. They are fearless. The 12-year-olds look 25. Either they're stuffing their faces with...
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- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Mirza, Shazia September 16, 2002 700+ words
...the religion's most extreme voices have spoken loudest, and the diversity of the faith has been obscured. Someone like Shazia Mirza, 26, turns that cartoon image inside out. A former East London science teacher, Mirza is also Britain's only Muslim...
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...memories of renowned comedian/actor Richard Pryor. BILL COSBY, COMEDIAN/ACTOR...better before and won't be after him. Richard Pryor is the true king of comedy." DICK...QUINCY JONES, MUSIC PRODUCER: "Richard Pryor was one of the true pioneers of his...
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...Films will honor legendary comedic genius Richard Pryor with a Lifetime Achievement Award as "The...television and in feature films including, Richard Pryor Live in Concert and Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip. Pryor's truthful...
Source: HighBeam Research, The politics of making people laugh: comedienne Shazia Mirza talks...