Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
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| Directed by | Andrea Kalin |
| Produced by | Andrea Kalin Azhar Usman Bryant "Preacher" Moss |
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Mohammed "Mo" Amer Bryant "Preacher" Moss Azhar Usman |
| Starring | Mohammed "Mo" Amer Bryant "Preacher" Moss Azhar Usman |
| Cinematography | John Rhode Bryan Sarkinen |
| Edited by | David Grossbach |
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| Distributed by | Truly Indie |
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82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Arabic English |
| Budget | $10,000 |
Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert is a 2008 American concert documentary film directed by Andrea Kalin and produced by Unity Productions Foundation. The live concert features American comedy troupe Allah Made Me Funny (Mohammed "Mo" Amer, Bryant "Preacher" Moss and Azhar Usman).
As a child Azhar Usman lived "in mostly Jewish Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois", where he was born. His family emigrated to the United States from India. He is a former lecturer, community activist, and lawyer, and is often referred to as the 'Ayatollah of Comedy' and 'Bin Laughin'.
Mohammed "Mo" Amer is a Palestinian. The youngest of six children, he was born in Kuwait. When he was nine years old he emigrated with his family to Houston, Texas.
"Preacher" Moss is an African American, who converted to Islam. He is a comedian and writer. He was born in Washington, D.C.
The documentary that lasts 82 minutes features each performer for about 20 minutes. Most of the film was shot during their performance in Los Angeles, California in 2007, a year before the documentary was released. The remaining time features comedians at their homes, working on their computers, enjoying the time with their families. The spectators see the men working as "they prepare fresh material on cultural stereotyping, terrorism, flying post-9/11 and other tricky subjects not regularly regarded as funny business."
The comedians are trying to break out stereotypes that some people hold about Muslims:
Amer talks about how hard it is to yell for his nephew "Osama" when he disappears at a Wal-Mart, while Usman jokes about how someone in Iran must have a bustling business manufacturing American flags to burn, and how it's hard to get American Muslim kids excited about a religion whose major holiday requires them to fast for a month. But the bulk of the material here is either obvious or a little generic—especially the multiple jokes from each about how women are the real bosses in Muslim households, and it's the men who are really oppressed.
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