{"id":18201,"date":"2012-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/18201\/nemr-wants-to-take-entertainment-back"},"modified":"2023-08-30T08:10:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:10:53","slug":"nemr-wants-to-take-entertainment-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/18201\/nemr-wants-to-take-entertainment-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Nemr Wants to Take Entertainment Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/18201-250x141.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  Local comedian and founder of Vanguard Productions, Nemr Abu Nassar, has taken to YouTube with a new video titled, \u201cTake Entertainment Back,\u201d but this time, very few people are laughing. <br \/>  <br \/>  In the roughly 11-minute video, he claims the Lebanese television and entertainment industry is worth squat and doesn\u2019t reflect the true face of the Middle East.<br \/>  <br \/>  So Nemr\u2019s plan is to launch a web-comedy series that would include his standard stand-up comedy routine along with pre-recorded sketches that would be played in front of a live audience. <br \/>  <br \/>  And here\u2019s the kicker: the comedian needs $200,000 worth of sponsorship money to make it happen. <br \/>  <br \/>  While Nemr\u2019s speech is about as touching as William Wallace\u2019s speech in <i>BraveHeart<\/i>, and as tactful as the US presidential campaign speeches, I\u2019m still not convinced. <br \/>  <br \/>  Then again, Haifa will always perform sold out shows, and soap operas like Bab Idriss will continue to gather enthusiastic followers. 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