Jamie DeWolf
| Jamie DeWolf | |
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| Birth name | Jamie Kennedy |
| Born | 1977 United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | slam poet, spoken word comedian |
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| Awards | 2003 San Francisco Bay Guardian "Best of the Bay" award Grand Slam Winner National Poetry Slam |
Jamie DeWolf (born 1977) is an American slam poet and spoken word comedian.
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[edit] Career
DeWolf began performing in 1997.[1] He is best known for his work with the slam poetry trio, The Suicide Kings. DeWolf appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry.[2] He has taught drama at the Youth Empowerment School, a high school in East Oakland, California.[2] DeWolf founded and hosts the monthly vaudeville poetry show, Tourettes Without Regrets.[3] DeWolf has characterized this show as "Sex, drugs and spoken word."[3] His work has been well-received; in 2001 the San Francisco Chronicle characterized DeWolf as "a nationally recognized slam poet".[4]
[edit] Family
Formerly Jamie Kennedy, DeWolf took his mother's maiden name in 2006 to avoid confusion with actor and a fellow comedian Jamie Kennedy.[5] DeWolf is the great-grandson of L. Ron Hubbard;[1] being the grandson of Hubbard's son Ronald DeWolf.[4] DeWolf told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2001 that his mother and girlfriend were visited by Scientology agents, who asked about his comments on Scientology in his poetry and his appearance at a November 2000 benefit for the Lisa McPherson Trust in Clearwater, Florida.[4] The poetry piece was titled: "Judas' Son".[1] Initially, the Scientology agents told DeWolf's mother that they were fellow poets, but DeWolf later remarked: "My mom knew from the moment they started talking that they were Scientologists, which they admitted to."[1] DeWolf was quoted as saying: "They can't shut me up."[4] Of his own views on Scientology and his great-grandfather, DeWolf remarked in the East Bay Express: "Scientology is the most brilliantly engineered pyramid scam I've ever seen. L. Ron Hubbard -- you can never say that he was an idiot, by any means. He was very intelligent, very sort of evil, malicious; a sort of overman, his will against the world."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Roden, Gregory (January 2, 2002). "L. Ron's hellspawn: Jamie Kennedy". East Bay Express.
- ^ a b Maharaj, Zoneil (March 29, 2007). "Stand and deliver : Slam poet Jamie DeWolf’s high school drama class is more hyphy madhouse than classical playhouse. And the kids learn more from it.". Oh Dang! (www.ohdangmag.com). http://www.ohdangmag.com/features/jamie/index.htm.
- ^ a b Huang, Keith (January 10, 2006). "Jelly D Takes It". Gelf Magazine (Gelf Magazine 2007). http://gelfmagazine.com/archives/jelly_d_takes_it.php. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ a b c d Lattin, Don (February 12, 2001). "Scientology Founder's Family Life Far From What He Preached". San Francisco Chronicle (www.sfgate.com): p. A13. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/02/12/MN115109.DTL. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ Harmanci, Reyhan (July 20, 2006). "Slammin' it to ya - 'Clash of the Titans' - Show condenses weekly hit Tourettes Without Regret to grenade strength". San Francisco Chronicle (Hearst Communications Inc.). http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/20/NSGDOILP6M1.DTL. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
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