'Terrorist #1' in A Chuck Norris Movie

See Something Say Something

Ahmed Ali Akbar

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 550 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This week Ahmed talks with comedian Maz Jobrani about growing up in America with Iranian parents, turning down terrorist roles, and why he's re-thinking using accents in his stand-up.

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm Amid al-Yukper, and this is See Something Say Something.
0:06.5	This week we're talking to Mazjo Brani.
0:09.1	And the wardrobe girl's like, all right, great, here's your shirt, here's your pants, and then here's your turban.
0:13.5	And I go, oh, I go, but my scenes are in Chicago, and she's like, yeah, yeah, so, you know, pants shirt and turban.
0:21.7	If you see something. And she's like, yeah, yeah, so, you know, pants shirt and turban. So, Masjibani is an Iranian-American, actor, an author, known for talking about stereotypes and Middle Eastern identity.
0:42.9	His latest Netflix special, Maz Giovanni immigrant, explores topics like being an immigrant in the Trump era and modern parenting.
0:49.2	Hi, Maz.
0:49.8	Hey, how are you?
0:50.3	I'm good.
0:51.2	I'm very good.
0:52.0	Good to see you, my brother.
0:53.1	Tell us about your special for people who haven't seen it.
0:55.7	So the special is a stand-up comedy special that we filmed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
1:01.7	And part of the idea was, this was filmed last year, so 2017 in April.
1:06.2	And part of the idea was, now that Trump is in the White House, let's do a special in his backyard. So weird to think of DC as his backyard. I haven't been there since he's been elected. Yeah. Unfortunately. It's his backyard. Yeah. Actually, guys, it's actually, it was actually kind of sad because, like I said, I'm Iranian and my wife is Indian, so our kids are all colored up. And it was very sad.
1:29.5	When Trump won, my little six-year-old girl, she came up to me.
1:31.9	She was scared. She goes, Daddy, am I going to get deported? Yeah. And I said, no, baby, you're not going to get deported. I said, you were born here. You're not going to be deported. but I said, cousin Magid's got to go.
1:43.4	So it was great.
1:44.5	We got a really nice, mixed crowd of people together.
1:48.0	I really... But I said, cousin Magid's got to go. So it was great.
1:44.5	We got a really nice, mixed crowd of people together.
1:48.0	I really tried to emphasize the idea of that America is made up from a diverse group of immigrants.
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