Friday, December 09, 2005

Sarah Silverman is a comedienne who has been compared to Lenny Bruce. Bruce was an irreverent and profane comic who was popular in the 50's and 60's. He took hot button issues such as racism, religion, and sexual fantasies and riffed on them. He was banned from certain venues, arrested for obscenity and misunderstood, no doubt. Silverman, a pretty woman, has the same idea. I haven't seen her movie, Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic, yet but I can't help thinking that her comedy is more shock value as opposed to having something serious to say like Lenny Bruce. I will reserve judgment until after I've seen the movie but the incongruity of her beauty and the nastiness that comes out of her mouth is incredible.

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