ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Negin Farsad - Comedian, filmmaker
Stand-up comedian Negin Farsad counters Islamophobia in funny and clever ways.

Why you should listen

Negin Farsad was named one of the Funniest Women of 2015 by Huffington Post, one of the 10 Best Feminist Comedians by Paper magazine and was selected as a TED Fellow for her work in social justice comedy.

Farsad is the author of the recently released How to Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto (published by Grand Central, a division of Hachette). She is also the director/writer/star of the rom-com "3RD Street Blackout," starring Janeane Garofalo, Ed Weeks and John Hodgman, set for a summer 2016 release. She has written for/appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, PBS, IFC, Nickelodeon and others. She is director/producer of the feature films The Muslims Are Coming! starring Jon Stewart, David Cross and Lewis Black, and Nerdcore Rising, starring Weird Al Yankovic. She has sued New York State’s MTA over the right to put up funny posters about Muslims and won! She started her comedy career as a Cornell and Columbia-educated policy advisor for the City of New York. 

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Negin Farsad: A highly scientific taxonomy of haters

奈金.法薩德: 用高度科學分類的方式,看待憎恨者

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TED成員,奈金.法薩德(Negin Farsad) 將喜劇與社會正義做結合,聰明地削弱人們對她文化的既定形象。在這一場結合演講與脫口秀的表演中,法薩德為她的紀錄片《穆斯林來了! 》發聲,並述說了一段她與紐約捷運局的精彩抗爭,並提供我們她在工作中遇到的種種憎恨者細節的分類方法。她說,"喜劇是我們最好的武器,我們已經嘗試了很多追求社會正義的方式,像是發動戰爭及冰上芭蕾比賽,但很多事情現今仍然很糟糕,我認為是時候,我們要嘗試講真正好笑的便便笑話了"。
- Comedian, filmmaker
Stand-up comedian Negin Farsad counters Islamophobia in funny and clever ways. Full bio

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我是一位美籍伊朗裔的穆斯林女士
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I'm an Iranian-American伊朗裔美國人 Muslim穆斯林 female,
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like all of you.
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跟各位一樣
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And I'm also a social社會 justice正義 comedian喜劇演員,
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同時我也是一位社會正義的喜劇演員
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something that I insist咬定 is an actual實際 job工作.
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這也是我一直一來堅持的工作
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To explain說明 what that is,
let me tell you how I got here.
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為了解釋這是一個甚麼樣的工作讓我先跟各位說明我如何辦到的
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I've performed執行 all over the country國家.
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我全國到處表演
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And let me tell you,
America美國 is majestic雄偉, right?
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我跟你講美國是宏偉的對吧?
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It's got breathtaking驚險 nature性質,
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美國有美到不行的自然景色
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waffle胡扯 houses房屋
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有鬆餅店
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and diabetes糖尿病 as far as the eye can see.
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還有四處都看的到糖尿病
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It is really something.
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這是真的
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Now, the American美國 population人口
can be broken破碎 up
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美國的人口大致
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into three main主要 categories類別:
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可以分為三種類型
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there's mostly大多 wonderful精彩 people,
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大部的人都很善良
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haters仇敵
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憎恨者
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and Florida佛羅里達.
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還有佛羅里達
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Besides除了 Florida佛羅里達, the most troubling令人不安
category類別 here are the Haters仇敵.
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除了佛羅里達 這裡最麻煩的人就是那些憎恨者
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They are a minority少數民族,
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他們是少數族群
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but they overcompensate過度補償
by being存在 extra額外 loud.
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但他們的行為有時有點驕枉過正
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They have the Napoleon拿破崙 complex複雜
of demographics人口統計學,
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他們有拿破崙矮子情節的自卑傾向
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and yes, some of the men男人 do wear穿 heels腳跟.
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而且沒錯他們有些男人甚至還穿高跟鞋
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As a social社會 justice正義 comedian喜劇演員,
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身為一位社會正義喜劇演員
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it's my goal目標 to convert兌換 these haters仇敵,
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我的目標就是要改變這些憎恨者
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because they hate討厭 a lot of things,
which哪一個 leads引線 to negative outcomes結果,
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因為他們痛恨很多事常常導致負面的結果
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like racism種族主義, violence暴力 and Ted攤曬 Nugent紐金特.
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像是種族歧視暴力行為還有 TED Nugent(搖滾歌手)
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This is not an exhaustive詳細 list名單;
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我沒有全部列出來
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I'm probably大概 missing失踪 3-7 items項目.
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大概少了 3~7 樣
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But the point is,
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但重點是
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we have to reckon估計 with the haters仇敵.
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我們必須要對付這些憎恨者
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But there's variance方差 within this group
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但這個群體的人有很多種類型
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and it's not efficient高效 to go
after all of them, right?
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要全面的跟蹤他們不是很有效率 對吧?
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So what I've doneDONE is created創建
a highly高度 scientific科學 Taxonomy分類 of Haters仇敵.
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所以我就自創一種高效率的科學分類方法
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I basically基本上 took all of the haters仇敵,
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基本上我已經把他們
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I put them in a petri培養皿 dish,
like a scientist科學家,
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就跟科學家一樣放到培養皿上研究過了
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and this is what I found發現.
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以下是我的發現
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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First off, we have the trolls巨魔.
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首先我們有酸民
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These are your garden-variety花園式的各種
digital數字 haters仇敵.
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這些人就是很普通的網路酸民
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They're the people who quit放棄 their jobs工作
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他們有些人沒有工作
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so they can post崗位 on YouTubeYouTube的
videos視頻 all day long.
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所以他們可以整天在家裡上傳影片到 Youtube 上
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There's also the drive-by駕車通過 haters仇敵.
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還有一種叫做"開車幹譙者"
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Now, these people will be at a stoplight紅綠燈,
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這些人會在等紅綠燈的時候出現
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they'll他們會 wait for the light to turn green綠色
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他們會等到快要綠燈的時候
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and when it does, they yell叫喊,
"Go back to your own擁有 country國家!"
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搖下窗戶大吼"滾回你的國家!"
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Now back in the day, they would've會一直
actually其實 gotten得到 out of their cars汽車
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在過去他們會下車
直接面對面幹譙你
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and hated you to your face面對.
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But they just don't make them
like they used to --
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但他們已經沒有往日雄風了
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which哪一個 is another另一個 sign標誌
of the decline下降 in America美國.
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這也是美國衰弱的另一種現象
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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The next下一個 category類別
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下一種類
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is the mission-oriented-bigot-以使命為導向,bigot-
whose-group-affiliation其組的附屬-
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任務導向偏執狂
團隊感情可以掩飾他們的贈恨的贈恨者
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gives-them-cover-for-hating給了他們,蓋換恨 hater懷恨在心者.
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These guys like to hate討厭
via通過 a seemingly似乎 nice不錯 organization組織,
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這些人會假裝自己像是
教會或非營利組織一類的人
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like a church教會 or a nonprofit非營利性,
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and they oftentimes通常情況下 like to speak說話
in an old-timey帶點兒懷舊 voice語音.
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而且常常用一種很老派的方式在說話
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But the group I'm most
interested有興趣 in is the swing搖擺 hater懷恨在心者.
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但我最感興趣的就是"搖擺不定的憎恨者"
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The swing搖擺 hater懷恨在心者 is sister妹妹
to the swing搖擺 voter選民 --
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他們就像中間選民
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they just can't decide決定!
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一直無法做出決定
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They're like ideological思想 sluts蕩婦
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他們像是意識形態的蕩婦
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who move移動 from hating to not hating.
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一下恨 一下不恨
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And they do it because they don't have
enough足夠 information信息.
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他們會這樣做的原因是因為他們的資訊不足
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This is the group I like to target目標
with social社會 justice正義 comedy喜劇.
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這一群人就是我們用社會正義喜劇調侃的對象
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Why comedy喜劇?
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為什麼是喜劇
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Because on a scale規模 of comedy喜劇 to brochure小冊,
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因為在一份喜劇宣傳手冊的調查當中
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the average平均 American美國 prefers喜歡 comedy喜劇,
as you can see from this graph圖形.
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一般美國人比較喜歡看喜劇各位可以從上面的圖表看到
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Comedy喜劇 is very popular流行.
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喜劇是很受歡迎的呢
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And by the way,
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順便一提
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this is a mathematically數學 accurate準確 graph圖形,
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這是一張相當精準的數學統計圖表
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generated產生 from fake numbers數字.
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只是數字是瞎掰的
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Now, the question is:
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問題是
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Why does social社會 justice正義 comedy喜劇 work?
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為什麼社會正義喜劇有效?
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Because, first off, it makes品牌 you laugh.
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因為首先它會讓你笑
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And when you're laughing,
you enter輸入 into a state of openness透明度.
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當你在笑的時候你會進入一種率真的狀態
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And in that moment時刻 of openness透明度,
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在那一刻
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a good social社會 justice正義 comedian喜劇演員
can stick in a whole整個 bunch of information信息,
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一個好的社會正義喜劇演員就會倒一大堆資訊給你
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and if they're really skilled技能的,
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如果他們夠搞笑
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a rectal直腸的 exam考試.
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會讓你笑到漏屎
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Here are some ground地面 rules規則
for social社會 justice正義 comedy喜劇:
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社會正義喜劇有幾項基本原則
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first off, it's not partisan黨派.
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首先你不可以有政治色彩
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This isn't political政治 comedy喜劇,
this is about justice正義,
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這不是政治的喜劇 這是有關於正義的
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and no one is against反對 justice正義.
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因為沒有人會反對正義
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Two, it's inviting誘人的 and warm,
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第二 它引人注目而且溫馨
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it makes品牌 you feel like you're sitting坐在
inside of a burrito捲餅.
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它會讓你感覺坐在墨西哥捲餅裡面
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Three, it's funny滑稽 but sneaky偷偷摸摸,
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第三 它好笑但你要花點頭腦想一下
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like you could be hearing聽力
an interesting有趣 treatise論文
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像是你聽到一篇有關於
收入不公平的有趣論文
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on income收入 inequality不等式,
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that's encased封閉式 in a really
sophisticated複雜的 poop船尾 joke玩笑.
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隱含在一個相當複雜的冷笑話裡
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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Here's這裡的 how I see
social社會 justice正義 comedy喜劇 working加工.
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我是這麼看待社會正義喜劇是如何運作起來的
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A few少數 years年份 ago, I rounded up a bunch
of Muslim-American美國穆斯林 comedians喜劇演員 --
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幾年前我找了一群美籍穆斯林喜劇演員
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in a non-violent非暴力 way --
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用非暴力的方式啦
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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And we went around the country國家
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然後我們到全國各地
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to places地方 like Alabama阿拉巴馬, Arizona亞利桑那,
Tennessee田納西, Georgia格魯吉亞 --
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像是阿拉巴馬、亞利桑那、田納西、喬治亞
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places地方 where they love the MuzziesMuzzies --
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這幾個愛死了穆斯林人的地方
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and we did stand-up站起來 shows節目.
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做脫口秀
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We called the tour遊覽
"The Muslims穆斯林 Are Coming未來!"
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我們稱這戲為"穆斯林來了!"
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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We turned轉身 this into a movie電影,
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我們把它拍成電影
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and then after the movie電影 came來了 out,
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在電影拍好後
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a known已知 hate討厭 group spent花費 300,000 dollars美元
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一個知名的酸民團體花了30萬美金
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on an anti-Muslim反穆斯林 poster海報 campaign運動
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在紐約地下鐵路系統禮
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with the MTAMTA -- that's
the New York紐約 City subway地鐵 system系統.
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做了一個反穆斯林的海報宣傳活動
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Now, the posters海報 were truly offensive進攻,
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那些海報真的很討厭
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not to mentioned提到 poorly不好 designed設計 --
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更別提它的爛設計
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I mean, if you're going to be bigoted拘泥,
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我的意思是如果你要變成偏執狂
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you might威力 as well use a better font字形.
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你應該也要用好看一點的字形啊
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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But we decided決定, why not launch發射
our own擁有 poster海報 campaign運動
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但我們決定我們何不也來辦個我們的海報宣傳活動
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that says nice不錯 things about Muslims穆斯林,
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來講一些穆斯林的優良事蹟
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while promoting促進 the movie電影.
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順便推廣電影
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So myself and fellow同伴 comedian喜劇演員
Dean院長 ObeidallahObeidallah
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所以我跟我的喜劇夥伴 汀.歐比達拉
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decided決定 to launch發射 the fighting-bigotry-戰鬥,bigotry-
with-delightful-posters與-愉快,海報 campaign運動.
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決定要辦一場反偏執狂的開心海報宣傳活動
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We raised上調 the money, worked工作
with the MTAMTA for over 5 months個月,
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我們籌到了錢跟大都會運輸署交涉了五個月
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got the posters海報 approved批准,
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運輸署同意海報的內容了
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and two days after they
were supposed應該 to go up,
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兩天後在海報差不多要張貼的時候
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the MTAMTA decided決定 to ban禁止 the posters海報,
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運輸署突然決定禁止那些海報
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citing引用 political政治 content內容.
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因為他們認為有政治色彩
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Let's take a look
at a couple一對 of those posters海報.
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我們來看一下這幾張海報
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Here's這裡的 one.
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這是第一張
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Facts事實 about Muslims穆斯林:
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穆斯林的真相一
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Muslims穆斯林 invented發明
the concept概念 of a hospital醫院.
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穆斯林創造了醫院的概念
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OK.
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好的
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Fact事實: Grown-up長大 Muslims穆斯林 can do
more push-ups俯臥撑 than baby寶寶 Muslims穆斯林.
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真相二 長大後的穆斯林做的伏地挺身會比穆斯林寶寶還要多
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
05:03
Fact事實: Muslims穆斯林 invented發明 Justin賈斯汀 Timberlake汀布萊克.
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真相三 穆斯林創造了賈斯汀.提姆布萊克
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
05:07
Let's take a look at another另一個 one.
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我們再看另外一個
05:09
The ugly醜陋 truth真相 about Muslims穆斯林:
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穆斯林醜陋的事實
05:10
they have great frittata菜肉餡煎蛋餅 recipes食譜.
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他們有好吃的菜肉餡煎蛋餅食譜
05:13
Now clearly明確地, frittatasfrittatas are considered考慮
political政治 by the MTAMTA.
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很明顯地大都會運輸署認為餡餅有政治色彩
05:18
Either that, or the mere mention提到
of Muslims穆斯林 in a positive light
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或者不然就是一提到穆斯林的正面形象
05:21
was considered考慮 political政治 -- but it isn't.
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就是與政治色彩有關但並沒有
05:23
It's about justice正義.
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這與正義有關
05:24
So we decided決定 to change更改
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所以我們決定把我們原本的
05:26
our fighting-bigortry-戰鬥,bigortry-
with-delightful-posters與-愉快,海報 campaign運動
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宣傳活動變成
反偏執狂的開心法律訴訟活動
05:28
and turn it into the fighting-bigotry-戰鬥,bigotry-
with-a-delightful-lawsuit與-A-愉快,訴訟 campaign運動.
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05:32
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
05:33
So basically基本上, what I'm saying
is a couple一對 of dirt-bag污物袋 comedians喜劇演員
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所以基本上可以這麼說
就是兩個撿破爛的喜劇演員槓上紐約市政府
05:36
took on a major重大的 New York紐約 City agency機構
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05:39
and the comedians喜劇演員 won韓元.
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喜劇演員贏了
05:40
(Applause掌聲 and cheers乾杯)
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(掌聲加歡呼)
05:43
Thank you.
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謝謝!
05:44
Victory勝利 was a very weird奇怪的 feeling感覺.
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勝利真的是一種很奇怪的感覺
05:46
I was like, "Is this what
blonde金發 girls女孩 feel like all the time?
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我在想這是不是就是金髮女郎常有的飄飄然感覺啊?
05:49
'Cause原因 this is amazing驚人!"
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因為真的太神奇了
05:50
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
05:53
Here's這裡的 another另一個 example.
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這裡還有另一個例子
05:55
I'm asked everywhere到處 I go:
"Why don't Muslims穆斯林 denounce聲討 terrorism恐怖主義?"
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我到哪都會被問到"為什麼穆斯林不公開指責恐怖攻擊?"
05:59
We do. But OK, I'll take the bait.
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我們有 但我確實被問到了
06:01
So I decided決定 to launch發射
thedailydenouncerthedailydenouncer.comCOM.
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所以我決定要發佈這個網站“thedailydenouncer.com”
06:04
It's a website網站 that denounces譴責
terrorism恐怖主義 every一切 day of the week,
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這是一個每個工作日都會公開譴責恐怖攻擊的網站
06:07
while taking服用 the weekends週末 off.
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除了公共假日以外
06:08
Let's take a look at an example.
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我們來看個例子
06:11
They generally通常 appear出現
as single-panel單面板 cartoons卡通,
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他們通常都會以單格漫畫來呈現
06:13
"I denounce聲討 terrorism恐怖主義! I also denounce聲討
people who never fill the paper tray托盤!"
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"我公開譴責恐怖攻擊 我也要公開譴責那些從來不放紙在紙匣的人!"
06:17
The point of the website網站
is that it denounces譴責 terrorism恐怖主義
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網站的重點就是公開譴責恐怖攻擊的同時
06:20
while recognizing認識 that it's ridiculous荒謬
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也調侃一下我們必須不斷地
06:22
that we have to constantly經常
denounce聲討 terrorism恐怖主義.
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一直公開譴責恐怖攻擊這件事有多荒謬
06:25
But if bigotry偏執 isn't your thing,
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但如果偏執狂不是你的菜
06:27
social社會 justice正義 comedy喜劇 is useful有用
for all sorts排序 of issues問題.
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社會正義喜劇在很多事情上也很有貢獻
06:31
For example, myself and fellow同伴
comedian喜劇演員 Lee背風處 Camp
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舉例我跟我的喜劇夥伴李坎普
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went to the Cayman鱷魚 Islands島嶼
to investigate調查 offshore海上 banking銀行業.
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潛入到開曼群島調查海外銀行
06:37
Now, the United聯合的 States狀態 loses失去
something like 300 billion十億 dollars美元 a year
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美國現在每年差不多在這些海外的逃稅天堂
06:42
in these offshore海上 tax havens避風港.
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損失將近3000億的稅收
06:44
Not to brag吹牛,
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不是我在吹牛
06:45
but at the end結束 of every一切 month,
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我每個月底
06:47
I have something like 5-15 dollars美元
in disposable一次性 income收入.
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都有額外 5~15 元的可支配收入
06:49
So we walked into these banks銀行
in the Cayman鱷魚 Islands島嶼
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所以我們走進開曼群島的這些銀行裡面
06:52
and asked if we could
open打開 up a bank銀行 account帳戶
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然後問他們
我們可不可以用8美元27分開個銀行戶頭
06:54
with eight dollars美元 and 27 cents.
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06:56
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
06:58
The bank銀行 managers經理 would indulge放縱 us
for 30-45 seconds before calling調用 security安全.
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銀行經理在叫保全趕我們走之前會先被我們玩弄 30~45 秒
07:03
Security安全 would come out,
brandish揮舞 their weapons武器,
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之後保全會過來揮舞著他們的武器
07:06
and then we would squeal尖叫
with fear恐懼 and run away,
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然後我們就帶著恐懼並尖叫著跑走了
07:09
because -- and this is the last
rule規則 of social社會 justice正義 comedy喜劇 --
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因為這是社會正義喜劇的最後一條規則
07:12
sometimes有時 it makes品牌 you want
to take a dump傾倒 in your pants褲子.
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有時它會讓你笑到抓狂
07:15
Most of my work is meant意味著 to be fun開玩笑.
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我大部的工作本來就是在搞笑
07:18
It's meant意味著 to generate生成
a connection連接 and laughter笑聲.
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就是把笑聲傳遞給觀眾
07:21
But yes, sometimes有時 I get
run off the grounds理由 by security安全.
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但的確有時候會玩太過火也會有安全問題
07:24
Sometimes有時 I get mean tweets微博 and hate討厭 mail郵件.
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有時候我會收到惡意的推文和憤恨的郵件
07:27
Sometimes有時 I get voice語音 mails郵件 saying
that if I continue繼續 telling告訴 my jokes笑話,
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有時候還會收到電話留言說如果我繼續講我的笑話
07:32
they'll他們會 kill me
and they'll他們會 kill my family家庭.
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他們會把我殺了還有殺了我的家人
07:35
And those death死亡 threats威脅
are definitely無疑 not funny滑稽.
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這些恐嚇信真的一點也不好笑
07:39
But despite儘管 the occasional偶然 danger危險,
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但除了這些偶發的事情
07:41
I still think that social社會 justice正義 comedy喜劇
is one of our best最好 weapons武器.
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我仍然認為社會正義喜劇是我們其中一個最好的武器
07:45
I mean, we've我們已經 tried試著
a lot of approaches方法 to social社會 justice正義,
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我的意思是我們嘗試了很多方式要達到社會正義
07:48
like war戰爭 and competitive競爭的 ice dancing跳舞.
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像是發動戰爭或是冰上芭雷比賽
07:50
But still, a lot of things
are still kind of awful可怕.
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但很多事仍然很很糟糕
07:55
So I think it's time we try and tell
a really good poop船尾 joke玩笑.
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所以我認為是時候我們要嘗試講真正好笑的冷笑話了!
07:59
Thank you.
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謝謝
08:00
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Yi-Fan Yu
Reviewed by ChingTse Wu

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Negin Farsad - Comedian, filmmaker
Stand-up comedian Negin Farsad counters Islamophobia in funny and clever ways.

Why you should listen

Negin Farsad was named one of the Funniest Women of 2015 by Huffington Post, one of the 10 Best Feminist Comedians by Paper magazine and was selected as a TED Fellow for her work in social justice comedy.

Farsad is the author of the recently released How to Make White People Laugh, a memoir-meets-social-justice-comedy manifesto (published by Grand Central, a division of Hachette). She is also the director/writer/star of the rom-com "3RD Street Blackout," starring Janeane Garofalo, Ed Weeks and John Hodgman, set for a summer 2016 release. She has written for/appeared on Comedy Central, MTV, PBS, IFC, Nickelodeon and others. She is director/producer of the feature films The Muslims Are Coming! starring Jon Stewart, David Cross and Lewis Black, and Nerdcore Rising, starring Weird Al Yankovic. She has sued New York State’s MTA over the right to put up funny posters about Muslims and won! She started her comedy career as a Cornell and Columbia-educated policy advisor for the City of New York. 

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