Friday, September 14, 2012

Finger Puppets fingering a dictator!


By Alison Royer


Fight for your right, my darlings…  The Free Syrian Army isn’t the only one actively attempting to remove Bashar-Al-Assad from power. Al Jazeera reports, “A young acting troupe called Masasit Mati launched a ground-breaking, finger-puppet show: Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator, which mocks the Syrian regime in ways never seen in public before.” 

These mother fuckers are killing it.  Unfortunately, it seems finger-puppet work can be fairly dangerous.  All these guys are living in exile.  They are constantly at risk of getting caught – thereby punished, jailed or killed.  KILLED!  FOR FINGER PUPPETS!  These actors produce the show in secret and never reveal their faces – all for the love of comedy.  They preach non-violence and have had a huge following on Facebook and YouTube.

I’m not sure if you caught the pictures of Mona masturbating with a banana to a picture of Osama Bin Laden on this site but I think it’s safe to say that shit wouldn’t fly elsewhere.  Whereas I’m using comedy in an attempt to find love in this world (PLEASE LIKE ME!), Masasit Mati is using its artistic voice to preach a non-violent message while educating through comedy.  And while typically they use all five fingers, occasionally they’re able to get their message across just by using one.       

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