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Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1 , 1970 ) is an American Stand-up Comedian , Actress , and Writer . She is sometimes credited as ''Big S'' or ''Sarah 'Big S' Silverman''. Her innocent outward appearance and sing-song delivery is in direct contrast to much of her comic material, in which she deals with many controversial topics such as Racism , Abortion , Rape , Body Hair , Scatology , and Child Abuse , among others. Her comedy-acts are sometimes performed from a caricatured or stereotypical Jewish-American perspective. CAREER Silverman was born in for one year, but left to concentrate on her stand-up career. Within three years Silverman had a major career break — she earned national exposure after earning a role on the '' in an undignified manner — via Fax . She then moved on to the ''. As part of the publicity campaign surrounding the film, Silverman made several high profile appearances, including online in '' Slate '', as the cover subject of '' Heeb '' magazine, and performing on the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson . On '' Jimmy Kimmel Live ,'' she has parodied sketches from '' Chappelle's Show ,'' as a point of view of what would happen if she played Rick James , Tyrone, or the Pilot Boy Productions -like logo called Pilot Girl Productions. This segment is based on a popular Rumor that Silverman is a planned replacement for Dave Chappelle after the apparent demise of his popular television show. Sarah recently made the cover of London's March 12 , 2006 Sunday '' Observer '' magazine with an article titled "If women aren't funny, how come the world's hottest, most controversial comedian is female?" ''SARAH SILVERMAN: JESUS IS MAGIC'' On '' was released in eight theatres. Based on her popular one-woman show of the same name, it was directed by Liam Lynch and distributed by Roadside Attractions. Receiving mixed reviews, it made just under $125,000 opening weekend, and had the highest per screen average on only 7 screens. Its performance led to an expanded release in as many as 57 theatres, resulting in a Box Office take of more than $1.3 million. The movie is expected to be released on DVD on June 6 , 2006 . CONTROVERSIES Silverman caused a brief controversy after using the Ethnic Slur " Chink " in an interview on the July 11 , 2001 episode of '' Late Night With Conan O'Brien ''. In the offending interview, Silverman explained that a friend had advised her on how to avoid Jury Duty by writing a racial slur on the selection form, "''something really inappropriate, like, 'I hate Chinks'.''" However, Silverman said that she ultimately decided that she did not want to be thought of as a Racist and instead wrote, "''I love Chinks.''" Even though Silverman claimed to be satirizing of the racist thought process, NBC issued an apology, but Silverman did not. She said in an interview on NPR's '' Fresh Air '' that she was asked to repeat the joke on '' Politically Incorrect '', among other places, but she eventually felt compelled to drop the joke from her act because she felt it was becoming stale. Silverman has since turned the complaint into grist for her stand-up act, saying that the experience helped teach her the important lesson that racism is bad: "''And I mean bad, like in that black way.''" Her stand-up act is similarly charged with outrageously ironic racist statements, delivered in a perfectly serious manner: :"''Everybody blames the Jews for killing Christ , and then the Jews try to pass it off on the Romans . I'm one of the few people who believe it was the Blacks .''" :"''I was raped by a doctor, which is so bittersweet for a Jewish girl.''" :"''Everyone knows that the best time to get pregnant is when you're a Black teenager.''" :"''I was licking jelly off of my boyfriend's penis and, all of a sudden I'm thinking, 'Oh my God, I'm turning into my mother.'''" :"''Strippers should be role models for little girls... if only for the fact that they wax their assholes.''" Another classic snapshot of Silverman is what Paul Provenza called a "disconcerting and uncomfortable" performance of the infamous joke called '' The Aristocrats '' in Provenza's documentary of the same name. In her version of the joke she accuses Joe Franklin of raping her, in a perfectly Deadpan Manner . Some viewers are not sure how to respond to humour in this normally taboo subject, often causing as much discomfort as laughter(On the DVD release of the film, Provenza joked that Silverman had planned a publicity stunt in which she filed charges for the alleged rape). PERSONAL LIFE Silverman is currently in a relationship with Jimmy Kimmel , host of '' Jimmy Kimmel Live .'' It is a relationship she refers to in some of her comic material: :"''I wear this Saint Christopher medal sometimes because–I'm Jewish , but my boyfriend is Catholic –it was cute the way he gave it to me. He said if it doesn't burn through my skin it will protect me.''" :"''I'm not going to make fun of Jimmy anymore because he might withhold his tiny penis from me.''" Silverman was romantically linked with Colin Quinn during her '' Saturday Night Live '' career, which is also referred to humorously by both parties. Silverman has three sisters: , also an actor; and screenwriter Jody Speyer . Silverman is very open about her lifelong battle with Clinical Depression , crediting her current freedom from attacks of despair to her use of prescription Zoloft . Silverman is a Teetotaller , she claims that alcohol nauseates her. She does, however, admit to smoking Marijuana at least four days out of each week. Vanessa Grigoriadis. "Dirty Rotten Princess" . Rolling Stone. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2006. NOTES References
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