Ari Shaffir
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ari Shaffir is an American comedian and actor currently living in Los Angeles, California.
He has performed live at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, California and has featured on two National Lampoon DVDs, Lost Reality and Lost Reality 2.
Contents |
[edit] The Amazing Racist
Amongst other work, Shaffir is probably most well known for a series of comedy works entitled The Amazing Racist (The title is a play on The Amazing Race). Ari Shaffir plays the eponymous title character in the works. In these shorts the Amazing Racist is seen acting in a manner which is designed to be overtly racist. Some of the persons featured in these works, including the 'victims' are paid actors, who were fully aware of the content of the works prior to participation [citation needed]. Some of the 'victims' agreed to be included in his videos after they were taped, "Shaffir filmed many of his offensive encounters for a new DVD, National Lampoon's Lost Reality, and is amazed how many victims of his racial slurs willingly signed release forms."[1]
Shaffir has been accused of promoting more hate through his videos [2].
A blogger stirred up some controversy when they noticed that Ari Shaffir appeared in an IBM commercial[3].
In Amazing Racist & Son, the boy is not Ari Shaffir's son but a good friend - he has no children [citation needed].
[edit] References
[edit] External links
This is not actually Ari Shaffir's MySpace account, if indeed he has one at all, but rather a MySpace account that bears his name while belonging to a young woman in Florida.
