Maz Jobrani
Teoksen I'm Not a Terrorist, but I've Played One on TV tekijä
Tekijän teokset
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 2
- Jäseniä
- 35
- Suosituimmuussija
- #405,584
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.4
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 1
- ISBN:t
- 6
Jobrani’s family happened to be pretty rich and his dad drove a Rolls Royce which helped him stick out in a crowd. Being picked up from school in a Rolls tended to garner attention, which is not what you want when you want to ‘blend in’.
He also had to fight against the family pressures to become a doctor, lawyer or some other ‘respectable’ profession. So he didn’t have much support when he tried acting and standup. But then how many really funny comics come out and say, “ya my family thought I was funny and pushed me into stand up comedy…”
Overall, I enjoyed the book and I think he did a good job of bringing up a topic that he has been working on for years, and is particularly timely right now with the current US election going on. And that is just being a Muslim doesn’t make someone a bad person wanting to blow up Americans. As a matter of fact there are plenty of American Muslims out there that adore our country as much as the rest of us. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.… (lisätietoja)