Dark humor brightens dark times
Working in improv inspires Chicago native of Palestinian descent
September 11, 2007
"What do you call a pile of ash in your home in Fallujah?" her alter ego asked an imaginary audience during rehearsal.
"Mom and Dad!"
Muslim American actor Jameeleh Shelo, 24, hones her craft with Second City's Outreach and Diversity troupe.
(Chris Sweda/Sun-Times)
Shelo, 24, is a native Chicagoan and new member of Second City's Outreach and Diversity troupe -- a training group to the mainstage Second City cast. Her own brand of dark humor capitalizes on Americans' discomfort about race and religion.
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