From Caliban To The Taliban (2004)

Recorded live at the sold-out 2003 Paramount Comedy Festival in Brighton, stand-up comedian Robert Newman performs From Caliban To The Taliban - 500 Years of Humanitarian Intervention; a painstakingly researched tale of capitalist expansion and America’s global terror campaign waged “with goodwill to all.” Few stand-ups have attempted to create causal links between a 1609 Bermuda shipwreck and US adventures in Guatemala, via Shakespeare and Sir Francis Bacon. Hardly a laugh a minute you might think, but Newman has managed to pepper this unlikely comic dish with the endearing gags that made him famous.

Released Jan. 1, 2004 90 min 15+

Genres: Comedy, Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.one-actor, mdblist.imdb-video, imdb.stand-up-comedy, imdb.alternative-comedy, imdb.political-comedy, imdb.genius

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English