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Nov 2019
51m 16s

Abdo Alkhaja - Censorship, context, and ...

Lucas Skrobot
About this episode

Part 2 of 2 with Abdo Alkhaja, an Emirati comedian opens up on cultural limitations, censorship, and reputation.

In this episode we hit on:

  • Censorship & Creative Limitations - 2:00
  • Even "Great ideas" flop - 8:40
  • Clean Comedy? - 11:24
  • Contextual - is nudity and cursing appropriate - 14:24
  • Sex sell - 15:20
  • How to remember name - 15:44
  • Stand up and leaving comfort zone - 16:44
  • Once you're famous what's next? - 23:00
  • How your life could change by one single word - 27:47
  • Blessing, commitment, magic doors - 28:47
  • Keeping social media social - 30:00
  • Preview of new stand up act - 37:40
  • Naming kids - 49:15

Follow Abdo on Instagram I'm a pretty tough critic when it comes to what I think is funny, and Abdo's content gets me laughing--literally out loud. 

 

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Until next time…

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