An interesting Christian Science Monitor piece on a Jordanian dinner theater comedy about UBL and co., and the aftermath of 9/11:

In the new show ‘Bin Laden, Afghanistan, and More,’ Mr. bin Laden appears in one scene at the ‘Taliban Film Festival,’ a figment of the imagination of Hisham Yaness, one of Jordan’s foremost impersonators and comedians, who plays the fugitive.

‘I’m prepared to surrender to the White House if I take [former Jordanian Information Minister] Salah Qalab with me and pilot the plane myself,’ bin Laden tells the audience. The scene fades out as he dances with his blonde girlfriend to the crash of US bombs.

Bin Laden is portrayed as a fake and even a fool, someone who got his start in terrorism by setting off a bomb in Amman’s municipal garbage dump.

“Um…excuse me, waiter? I’m afraid you forgot to bring the comedy I ordered…”

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