The audience for faith-friendly comedy continues to grow thanks to Christian comedians fighting hard to keep it alive
In a day and age where sexually explicit, profanity-laced comedy rules the day, a well-known Christian comedian is offering an alternative for the faith community.
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Actor, reality TV star and singer, David Mann, has teamed with a group of standup acts for the “Rebirth of Comedy Tour,” to provide fun for everyone.
“What we’re doing is bringing good, clean, wholesome fun of the family kind,” Mann, husband of Stellar Award-winning gospel singer, Tamela Mann, told SavannahNow.com. “This is one of those comedy tours that can bring the whole family out.”
The 49-year-old known for playing the hilarious and lovable Mr. Brown in Tyler Perry’s productions, is joined by comedians Akintunde, Mark Gregory and Christian rapper Big Red, for non-offensive entertainment—something he calls uncommon nowadays.
“It’s rare to get a comedy tour that you can bring everyone from grandbabies to grand-mommas to,” Mann said. “I remember in the day when we had comics who were funny to kids and their parents.”
The NAACP Image Award winner, who stars in his family’s hit BET docuseries, “It’s a Mann’s World,” is hoping to bring the good old days back.
After 20 years in the entertainment industry, Mann recalls how he got his start doing standup.
“Fifteen minutes would turn into 20, which turned into an hour. I’d share my stories, my life, my struggles through comedy,” he reflected. “It started to grow and grow. I’d talk about love, family, church — I’d talk about life.”
He does the same thing today.
“I talk about my struggle with gaining weight and losing weight,” Mann said. “I talk about the struggles that come along with marriage.”
Mann has been married for 27 years and just last year told Black Hollywood Live Network about his union, “We enjoy each other’s company. I always say, whether we’re walking the red carpet, at a meal for hundreds of dollars, or at the house just chilling, eating a 99-cent hamburger, we just enjoy each other’s company.”
He added, “And when you genuinely like somebody, it’s not hard.”
