Kareem Badr

Kareem Badr
Primary Theater	The Hideout Theatre
Years Active	2005-Present

Kareem Badr (/ˈbɑːdrə/) is an improv performer, director, and teacher. He is a co-owner of The Hideout Theatre, and is in charge of much of the theater's day-to-day logistics.

History

Kareem began taking classes at The Hideout Theatre on 1/8/05. He performed in his first improv show on April 2nd of that same year.

On 4/15/09, he became one of the co-owners of The Hideout Theatre. That same year, he appeared in The 40-Hour Improv Marathon.

Kareem is perhaps best known for his work in producing 2 Girls 1 Cup, the unofficial nickname of the trailer for Hungry Bitches, a 2007 Brazilian scat-fetish pornographic film produced by MFX Media. The trailer features two women defecating into a cup, taking turns in what appears to be consuming the excrement, and vomiting into each other's mouths. "Lovers Theme" by Hervé Roy plays throughout the video.

The video went viral and became one of the best known shock videos in itself and for the reactions its graphic content elicited from viewers who had not seen it before. Around mid-October 2007, video-sharing sites including YouTube were flooded with videos of the reactions of first-time viewers.

Troupes

• Badr & Janik
• BadWitt
• The Randy Meisner
• Parallelogramophonograph
• The Smoking Arm
• Straight Blades

Shows

• After School Improv
• The Andersons (John Anderson)
• Austin Secrets
• Charles Dickens Unleashed
• False Matters
• Improvised Shakespeare
• Ka-Baam!!
• Process
• Start Trekkin'
• Theatresports (director, 2010)
• This Week Tonight
• The Violet Underbelly (director)

More Information

• Interview with Kareem on The Theft Forum.
• Interview on Got Your Back.
• Interview by Andrew Buck.