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I'm Not a Terrorist, but I've Played One On TV
Maz Jobrani
Simon & Schuster
February 2015
On Sale: February 17, 2015
ISBN: 1476749981
EAN: 9781476749983
Kindle: B00LD1OTHK
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A hilarious and moving memoir of growing up Iranian in
America, and the quest to make it in Hollywood without
having to wear a turban, tote a bomb, or get kicked in the
face by Chuck Norris. When he first started out in show business, Maz Jobrani
endured suggestions that he spice up his stand-up act by
wearing “the outfit,” fielded questions about rising gas
prices, and got called an F’in Eye-ranian for being involved
in the Iran hostage crisis even though he was only eight
years old at the time—in fact, these things happened so
often that he began to wonder: Could I be a terrorist
without even knowing it? Having emigrated with his family to the US during the
Iranian Revolution, Maz spent most of his youth desperately
trying to fit in with his adopted culture—whether that meant
learning to play baseball or religiously watching Dallas
with his female relatives. But none of his attempts at
assimilation made a difference to casting directors, who
only auditioned him for the role of kebab-eating,
bomb-toting, extremist psychopath. In this laugh-out-loud memoir, Maz shares his struggle to
build an acting career in post-9/11 Hollywood—from playing a
terrorist on 24 to playing a terrorist opposite Chuck Norris
to his mother asking, “Vhy you alvays terrorist?!” (Followed
by, “Vhy you couldn’t be doctor?!”) But finally, through
patience, determination, and only the occasional unequivocal
compromising of his principles, he found a path to stardom.
And he also learned the proper way to die like a bad guy on TV.
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