Singer’s suggestion that Amy Schumer and Chris Rock should be employed to counter Islamic State reveals showbiz has consumed his entire way of thinking On Tuesday during a meeting with a Senate subcommittee on Capitol Hill,Bono suggested that comedians should be sent to counter Islamic State. Stressing he was serious many times, the U2 frontman explained: Don’t laugh. I judge comedy should be deployed. It’s like, or you speak violence,you speak their language. But you laugh at them, when they’re goose-stepping down the street, and it takes absent their power. So,I’m suggesting that the Senate send in Amy Schumer and Chris Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen, thank you.”The response to Bono’s comments has ranged the gamut from “Is he serious?” to “Is he freaking serious?” Yet the singer was adamant that sending in famous comics would be a solid alternative to airstrikes. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com