OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

[gnommi]

>> Help Morris! <<
Turn terrorism comedy into movie

We told you that Chris Morris' terror cell
comedy had been rejected by a fearful Channel 4
and BBC. It seems they have a history of
this. Muslim comedian Omar Mazouk was to
present a mockumentary about misguided
suicide bombers for BBC but this was also
nixed. He took the idea to a TV network in
Denmark instead, where it's getting rave reviews.

And putting two fingers up to TV commissioners,
Morris is turning his Jihadi sitcom into a
film. He's got producers at Warpfilm and a
distributor. All he needs now is enough money
to make the film. Which is where we come in.
Popbitch readers donating between 25 and 100
quid to help get the film made will get the
chance to be in it. So get out your cheque book
and burkha and email:
fundingmentalism@warpfilms.com

Chris would not deny or confirm that recruits
who sign up will also get a free al-Qaeda
explosives handbook.

From the ever-lovely PopBitch

Comments

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

This could be such a propaganda coup. If it worked, people would associate terrorists with inept sitcom characters and not with 'heroic freedom fighters'. So the next would-be bin-Laden who goes recruiting will be laughed at not feared. This is how terrorism should be fought - with a laugh not a bullet.

It's a pity the powers that be want us scared rather than amused.

[gnommi.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that this is what Chris Morris has in mind, continuing the theme of satirising media-bred hysteria from The Day Today and Brass Eye.

Rule through fear works every time though, doesn't it? Telling people to stop being so hysterical gets you nowhere.

I for one can't wait to see it.
And I wouldn't mind being in it either. Even if I have to wear a burqa!

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

Yes - we need more of those programmes these days. You can't tell people to stop being hysterical, but you can get them to laugh at their fears, and then suddenly it doesn't seem so bad.

Hmmm - I must look into the possibility of supporting this. I'm sure you'd look good in a burqa ;-)

[nmg.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'd look good in a burqa

Is that like saying she'd look good with a bag over her head? I'm confused!

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

You're just trying to twist my words!

[gnommi.livejournal.com]

*everyone* looks good in a burqa!

except maybe not Patrick Moore