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Tickling Giants is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Sara Taksler, about the story of Bassem Youssef, who, in the midst of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, left his job as a heart surgeon to become a full-time comedian.
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Mar 15, 2017 · 100% Tomatometer 24 Reviews. 91% Audience Score 250+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Tickling Giants offers a powerful demonstration of how satire can influence government policy --...
Apr 10, 2017 · Tickling Giants: Directed by Sara Taksler. With Bassem Youssef, Jon Stewart, Shadi Alfons, Injy Abou El So'oud. While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.
Mar 25, 2017 · Reviews. Mar 24, 2017 5:19pm PT. Film Review: ‘Tickling Giants’. A documentary about Bassem Youssef, the Jon Stewart of Egypt (until the regime clamped down), is an ebullient ode to freedom....
A film by Sara Taksler. The first political satire show in Egypt. In the midst of the Egyptian Arab Spring, Bassem Youssef makes a decision that’s every mother’s worst nightmare… He leaves his job as a heart surgeon to become a full—time comedian. Dubbed, “The Egyptian Jon Stewart”, Bassem creates the satirical show, Al Bernameg.
Mar 15, 2017 · Tickling Giants provides a comprehensive examination of Youssef’s career highs and lows while providing a vivid personal portrait of its subject whose cheerfulness and resolve began to wither in the face of constant threats to himself and his family.
