Hollywood puts ‘no face’ on the Palestinian experience. Mo Amer plans to change that
LA TimesComedian Mo Amer at Quixote Studios in Los Angeles earlier this month. Stories about his family’s assimilation pains, America’s warped view of Muslims and how chocolate hummus is “a hate crime” have been spun into Amer’s packed live shows, televised specials such as Netflix‘s “Mo Amer: The Vagabond” and his sets with the Allah Made Me Funny troupe. Mo Amer’s Texas roots are as important to “Mo” as his Palestinian ones. That was my first time I ever saw stand-up comedy and it was at the height of Cosby’s fame — like “The Cosby Show.” It was the first time I’d ever been introduced to the art form: “Wait, you can get on stage, express yourself in any way and tell any story, and talk about politics?” Like, what?! I’m also writing stuff constantly, working on Season 2 of “Mo” in my mind.
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