Bill Mar is an American comedian working in the stand-up comedy genre. He is also the author of books, a political commentator, social critic, and television presenter. Known for sharp satire. Bill Mar jokes about religion quite often. In addition, the objects of his attention are politics, bureaucracy, the greed of influential as well as famous people, the media. He supports homosexual unions and the legalization of marijuana. He is a member of PETA. This is not all that Bill Mar does. “Religionism” is a documentary film, the leader and screenwriter of which is also this person. Member of a panel of experts from an organization called The Reason Project. In the Comedy Central's America comedian rating, our today's hero took 38th place.
Biography
Bill Mar was born in 1956, January 20, in New York. He comes from a Catholic family. Mother Julia worked as a nurse. Bill's father is William Mar. He worked as a news editor at a radio station. Later became its director. The childhood of the future comedian passed in a city called River Vale, which is located in New Jersey. The young man graduated from Pascack Hills High School. He became a student at Cornell University. There in 1978 he was awarded a bachelor's degree in history as well as art.
Activities
Bill Mar began his career by taking up humorous improvisations. Also began to develop as an actor. In 1979, he began performing on the stage of the New York comedy club Catch. Steve Allen encouraged Mara to be cast on
David Letterman and John Carson in 1982. In addition to humorous improvisations, he starred in several films. He worked on television. Got a role in the American television series "She wrote the murder." Also starred in the following films: "The Rat Boy", "The Cursed Monastery", "Women Cannibals." This man describes himself as a libertarian.
Creation
For many people, a joke about God is blasphemy and sin. However, the last 20 years of his career have provided Bill an eternity in hell, and this does not bother him at all. He argues that religion cannot teach people to think, it, on the contrary, takes away from any person the most important quality - the ability to doubt, and also reasonably criticize a certain doctrine.
In his own programs, Bill Mar not only makes fun of politicians. It shows the non-religious side of human life. In his opinion, the church hid it from people throughout its history, and also continues to be inaccessible even in the 21st century, replacing reality with the expectation of life in another world and biblical stories. The satirist believes that the differences between individual religions are insignificant. He is convinced that zealous advocates of a particular religion lack common sense. His programs have been repeatedly criticized by various religious communities. According to journalists, Mara’s activities have become more significant than world-class atheist associations, since there is no better weapon against certain ideas than turning them into an ordinary joke. Bill is one of the most popular broadcasters in the United States of America.