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Breaking Convention with Scott Blakeman: A Liberal Dose of Political Humor

Hailed as "The top political comedian working in New York today"(NBC), Scott Blakeman brings his unconventionally funny, progressive political humor to Denver during the Democratic National Convention. "Breaking Convention" also features political comedians Will Durst, Jimmy Tingle and John Marshall, as well as a political humor roundtable featuring progressive voices from the media, politics and entertainment. Scott Blakeman has made more than 30 national television appearances, and performs his political humor from a liberal Jewish point of view around the world, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, and the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. He can be heard regularly on National Public Radio and Air America. Scott also tours the U.S. with Palestinian-American comedian Dean Obeidallah in Standup for Peace: The Two Comedian Solution to Middle East Peace(StandupforPeace.com).