Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman (born December 2, 1970 in Bedford, New Hampshire, USA) is an actress, a stand-up comedian, and a writer.

Career

Silverman got her start writing and performing on Saturday Night Live. She then moved on to the HBO sketch comedy show Mr. Show with Bob and David, where she was a featured performer.

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Saturday Night Live - HBO - Mr. Show with Bob and David

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Silverman appeared as a regular on TV programs; she has made guest appearances on such programs as the two part time travel episode "Future's End" of ' and was a series regular on the TV show Greg the Bunny (2002). She has also had bit parts in movies such as There's Something About Mary, Say It Isn't So, School of Rock, The Way of the Gun, and Heartbreakers. She has lately appeared in the controversial film The Aristocrats.

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Greg the Bunny - Movie - There's Something About Mary - Say It Isn't So - School of Rock - The Way of the Gun - Heartbreakers - The Aristocrats

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Silverman caused a brief controversy after using the racial slur "chink" in a comedy routine on the July 11, 2001 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Even though Silverman claimed to be making fun of the racist thought process, NBC issued an apology, though Silverman did not. In the offending interview, Silverman explained that a friend had advised her how to avoid jury duty by writing a racial slur on the selection form, "something really inappropriate, like, 'I hate chinks'?'" However, Silverman says she ultimately decided that she didn't want to be thought of as a racist and instead wrote, "I love chinks."

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Slur - Chink - July 11 - 2001 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien - NBC - Jury duty

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Silverman has since turned the complaint into grist for her standup act, saying that the experience helped teach her the important lesson that racism is bad: "And I mean bad, like in that black way."

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