Artist Sarah Silverman

Kevin Winter

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Sarah Silverman

If you really want to mind-fuck and/or empower your 6-year-old daughter for the rest of her life, treat her to a night of glorious abrasion courtesy of Sarah Silverman. While her (ahem) somewhat controversial jokes will make your gut burn with laughter, Silverman’s dual personality—oscillating between Zen-like playfulness and harsh cynicism—might boil your blood. Silverman has kept busy since the cancellation of The Sarah Silverman Program, publishing her acclaimed memoir, The Bedwetter: Stories Of Courage, Redemption, And Pee, and starring in 2011’s Peep World—but still manages to make time for her crass stand-up. Her thoughts on rape, racism, and rim jobs may have made her a modern goddess of both the screen and the stand-up circuit, but the schtick isn’t for everyone.

Updated 03/16/2011