Taipei Times – FEATURE : Pakistani comedians fight Taliban with humor
If the Taliban produced a soap opera, Pakistani comedy writer Younis Butt wondered one day, what would it be like?
The love triangles would be impossible to understand, he thought, because all the women would be hidden behind burkas and no one would know which character was engaged in a heated tiff with another.
An Islamist variety show would be equally absurd, he decided. With singing and dancing frowned upon, women covered from head-to-toe could only sit in a spotlight with their backs turned to the camera.
For the creator of Pakistan’s most popular satirical television show, the prospect was too tempting and the spoof Taliban T Channel episode was born, airing in June this year and becoming a major hit.
