> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Silverman stands up to PC police in ‘Jesus’
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/silverman-stands-up-to-pc-police-in-jesus/
- Published: 2005-11-11T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:08:42.000Z
- Author: Dan Dunn
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Depending on the configuration of your personal Offense-O- Meter, Sarah Silverman is either one of the fun-niest, most intrepid stand-up comedians working today, or a foul-mouthed punk and serial violator of all that is sacred in this world. “When God gives you AIDS – and God does give you AIDS, by the way – make LemonAIDS,” she tells a sold-out crowd at North Hollywood’s El Portal Theater, where the concert footage that makes up most of “Jesus is Magic” was shot (the movie also contains a few so-so skits and some irreverent music videos). LemonAIDS is about as PC as Silverman gets in a comedic repertoire that includes riffs on race (“The best time to have a baby is when you’re a black teenager”), her own sexuality (“I was raped by a doctor, which is a bittersweet experience for a Jewish girl”) to role models (“Strippers … if only for the fact that they wax their (butts)”). At times laugh out loud funny, occasionally cringe-inducing, “Jesus is Magic” is a bold statement from a woman unafraid to emulate the example of controversial forebears such as Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 11, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)