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Dara O Briain: why I don't do Islamic jokes

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http://tinyurl.com/2vc6svl Comedian and TV presenter Dara O Briain talks to Clive Morgan about how he writes his comedy routines, joking about religion and the name that he wanted for his new show.

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  • There's some quality trolling going on on here!

  • Religious people are so cute, I wonder if you could teach them to dance

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  • @dawtchins And you do need to know a lot about Iron Age mythology to deal with people who believe in it or want to discuss it. The Iliad is a vast Iron Age mythology, and if you don't know anything beyond what was in the movie Troy, you are going to have a hard time making jokes about it.

  • @dawtchins He could not make jokes about it though. For instance, if he tried to say something about the angel Mohammed spoke to in the cave, most of the audience would be thinking, "What angel?" Or if he said, "That was one hell of a night journey!" most would also be like, "What night journey?" All basic stuff Muslims know and most of us don't.

  • @squamish4244 Well i dont need to all im saying is they believe in the same god however intepretate that god differently. All abrahamic faiths believe in the same god, It's not hard . Like you said its Grade 5 Information. There's really not much you need to know when you're dealing with people who believe in iron age mythology.

  • @IoEstasCedonta Probably less than that.

  • @comeonbrazil No, he's right, most of the audience would lose him five minutes into a routine about Muslims.

  • @dawtchins Really? Other than the 'same fucking god' and four or five other grade school facts, you don't know a damn thing about them, as this guy says. Unless you frantically googled a bunch of stuff right now in order to respond to me.

  • @ralphenstein Sufis.

  • @aTruster I think you're responding to the wrong person.

  • @squamish4244 so in your opinion what does atheism do?

  • @ralphenstein Fair play. I'm stealing that.

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