Make America Laugh Again offering is now closed and is no longer accepting investments.

The movie we need right now.

INVEST IN MAKE AMERICA LAUGH AGAIN TODAY!

This Reg CF offering is made available through StartEngine Capital, LLC. This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment.

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Christopher Durang

Writer

Christopher Durang is known for works of absurd comedy. His play VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE featuring Sigourney Weaver, won the Tony Award® for Best Play in 2013. This play also won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle, the Drama League Award and the Off-Broadway Alliance Award. In a distinguished writing career in the theatre he has won Obie Awards, grants from The Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, a CBS Playwriting Fellowship and was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for MISS WITHERSPOON. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2012. His work also spans across film and television in shows such as COMEDY ZONE (on CBS), CAROL CARL WHOOPI AND ROBIN, for which Robin Williams won an Emmy®, THE VISIT, starring Jeff Daniels and directed by Alan Arkin and SISTER MARY EXPLAINS IT ALL starring Diane Keaton. Durang is a member of the Writers Guild and Dramatists Guild’s Council.

Avi Bernard

Producer/Owner/LLC Manager

Avi has been a part time on-air sports commentator at KTLA TV Channel 5 since 2011, and a part time (10-30 hours a week) on-air personality at Stevie Wonder’s KJLH 102.3fm in Los Angeles since 2009 . He has made appearances in HBO’s TRUE DETECTIVE, TNT’s MURDER IN THE FIRST, SCORPION on CBS, and will be co-starring in an episode of the new HBO Show, BARRY. Avi wrote and produced a short called CAN YOU NOT? which screened at the Independent Film Quarterly Film Festival in 2014 and played the lead in LOTUS which won first place at Shortlands Film Competition in 2017. He has studied acting at Diana Castle’s The Imagined Life since 2012. Avi has served as the Owner, Manager, and Producer of Make America Laugh again since inception in October 2015 (part time, around 30 hours a week.)

Nikit Doshi

Producer

Nikit was born in Kenya and lived in Australia before moving to Los Angeles and graduating from the Producing program at The American Film Institute. He has worked with Oscar® nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo on two Indian films OM SHANTI OM (with Shahrukh Khan) and SORRY BHAI (with Sharman Joshi). Nikit has held positions at Captivate Entertainment (THE JASON BOURNE TRILOGY), MGM Studios (SKYFALL, THE HOBBIT) and on Season 7 of AMC’s MAD MEN. He then founded Alpas Entertainment, one of the financiers of THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION, produced by Martin Katz (HOTEL RWANDA) and written by Jan Sardi (THE NOTEBOOK). The film had a Gala Premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

Sheila Bernard

LLC Manager

Sheila Bernard is an activist, investor, and retired teacher. She has fought for equal rights for all people since the 1960's, when she dropped out of UCLA to protest the Vietnam War (she later returned to UCLA and graduated with a BA in Public Service). Since retiring over ten years ago, Sheila spends much of her time volunteering in the areas of voting rights, education and housing. She has a passion for movies, especially those that uplift, inform and motivate. She serves as a part time Manager of Make America Laugh Again (approximately 5-10 hours a week.)

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Make America Laugh Again

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Oct 30, 2018

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$15,330.00

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A crowdfunding investment involves risk. You should not invest any funds in this offering unless you can afford to lose your entire investment. In making an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of the issuer and the terms of the offering, including the merits and risks involved. These securities have not been recommended or approved by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority. Furthermore, these authorities have not passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this document. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not pass upon the merits of any securities offered or the terms of the offering, nor does it pass upon the accuracy or completeness of any offering document or literature. These securities are offered under an exemption from registration; however, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has not made an independent determination that these securities are exempt from registration.

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The Company might incur Irregular Use of Proceeds that may include but are not limited to the following over $10,000:

PRESS

Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them (MET)

Panties, Squirrels and Lots of Ammo

'Why Torture is Wrong' at Custom Made

Review: Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them

Theater Review: Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them

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10.28.18

Last Day to Invest!

My friends,

Just a heads up that today is the last day to invest in our movie here on Start Engine. Feel free to contact us at hello@LoveAndTorture.com.

See you at the theater!

- Avi

10.12.18

Newspaper Interview

Greetings Fellow Filmmakers,

Below is the link to our article in the L.A. Sentinel. One clarification from the article: we can receive tax-deductible donations AND investments.

Onward and upward!

- Avi

https://lasentinel.net/avi-bernard-produces-film-with-tony-award-winning-writer.html

09.21.18

Video Update

Greetings everyone,

There have been a couple exciting developments for our project. The details are in the video below.

Onward and upward,

Avi

09.05.18

Re-confirming Your Investment

Hey Everybody!

I've gotten some questions about the reconfirmation emails some of you have been receiving. Since we extended our campaign, some of you may have received an email from Start Engine, asking you to reconfirm your investment.

If you haven't received such an email, then no worries, you're good to go! If you did receive that email, and you don't confirm your investment, it's possible that your investment has been/will be voided automatically. If it did get voided, you'll need to invest again to get your investor status back.

My sincere apologies for any confusion. I just wouldn't want us to miss out on working together because your investment was canceled without you knowing it.

Also, I've got some news that I'll be announcing in a subsequent post.

Feel free to reach out via the comments section if you have any questions!

Best,

Avi

08.21.18

Notice of Funds Disbursement

[The following is an automated notice from the StartEngine team].

Hello!

As you might know, Make America Laugh Again has exceeded its minimum funding goal. When a company reaches its minimum on StartEngine, it's about to begin withdrawing funds. If you invested in Make America Laugh Again be on the lookout for an email that describes more about the disbursement process.

This campaign will continue to accept investments until its indicated closing date.

Thanks for funding the future.

-StartEngine

08.20.18

Last Week's Television Interview

Happy Monday Everyone,

I've gotten a lot of great feedback from last week's KTLA interview. There is indeed a lot of interest in our story, and we are continuing to make progress. Just in case you missed it the interview, you can find the link below.

Best,

Avi

08.14.18

TV Interview

Greetings Everyone,

Our project will have it's first television exposure tomorrow (Tuesday, August 14th) in the 3pm hour (pacific time). I'll be interviewed on KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles. If you're not in L.A. or a surrounding area, you can watch via KTLA.com.

Onward and upward!

- Avi

07.28.18

Radio Interview #2

My friends,

I'll be making an appearance on the #1 news and talk radio station in L.A. and Orange County, KFI AM640, to talk about our project. If you're in Southern California, you can listen on your radio at 640 on the AM dial. You can also listen from anywhere - on your computer by going to iheart.com and searching for KFI, or by searching for KFI on the iheart radio app on your smart phone.

I'll be on the Mo'Kelly show tomorrow (Saturday, 7/28/18), which airs from 6-8pm pacific time. I believe I'll be on around 7pm.

I'll talk to you then!

- Avi

07.20.18

TV Interview

Hey everyone, great news: I've got a TV interview scheduled for August to discuss our project! I'll provide all the details as we get closer to the date. Talk to you all soon!

- Avi

06.11.18

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