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Asmus began by talking about his desire to blow up obnoxious party buses.
Lets make [this neighborhood] look like Gaza, he said.
My bombs are less accurate than Israels.
That joke didnt do great here, but it killed at a hospital down the street.
Actually, theres human shields at the hospitals, he remembers one of them telling him afterward.
They were just spouting all this why they had to bomb the hospital bullshit.
You sure about that?
The chosen people distinction, she jokes, is very much the gifted-and-talented program of religion.
Gradually, that changed.
Sometimes she hears laughs and wonders whether people are laughing for the right reasons.
We go to those movies because theyre tradition!
Call Hamas, some commenters wrote back.
He wrote his Israel-Palestine material, in part, he says, to clarify his position.
Then there are comics with staunchly pro-Israel jokes that leave less room for misinterpretation.
Go to Palestine and your pronouns will quickly be known as was/were, he says.
The latter controversy speaks to the variety of political viewpoints at New Yorks largest comedy clubs.
Dworman hasnt stopped booking him; instead, he had Madison and Asmus onhis podcastto litigate the incident.
Nobodys done great, he says of the comics hes witnessed doing Israel-Palestine material.
Theres so much bloodshed over there.
Its really hard to joke about it now.
Some comedians, however, just dont believe comedy is the right outlet for their sincere principles.
As Hershberg puts it, Saying onstage I demand a cease-fire now!
even though thats my belief is not a joke.
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