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A group of us went to see Jimmy Carr at Indigo O2 on Sunday night, and he was absolutely brilliant. One early heckler got it for the rest of the show. The poor bloke got absolutely slaughtered. Lol 😂.
Anyway, it was completely sold out, and I wasn’t aware of anybody who was offended.
You know what you’re getting with Jimmy Carr, so if anybody doesn’t like him or his material, then don’t go, or don’t watch him on Netflix or normal television.
He said very early on in his show that he knows he’ll be cancelled coz of that ‘joke’. The vast majority are having to pander to the very small minority. It’s their way or the highway.
Great comedy will always cause some sort of offence to somebody, whether it’s mother in law jokes, wife jokes, sexual jokes, religious jokes or general dysfunctional jokes.
Sunday was the first time I’d actually seen a proper stand up comedian live, and I’ll definitely go and see more in the future. And I don’t mean left wing political so called comedians like Nish Kumar. He’s as funny as having your nuts cut off with a blunt spoon.
It's simply choice-your choice and the minute they take that choice away then we're fcked.
I recall many years ago when Mary Whitehouse appeared on my television screen being interviewed about censorship, after about two minutes of listening to the old bat I turned the television of thinking why the f uck should she be telling me what I should and shouldn't watch.
It's simply choice and having the right to make that choice.
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
It's simply choice-your choice and the minute they take that choice away then we're fcked.
I recall many years ago when Mary Whitehouse appeared on my television screen being interviewed about censorship, after about two minutes of listening to the old bat I turned the television of thinking why the f uck should she be telling me what I should and shouldn't watch.
It's simply choice and having the right to make that choice.
Mary Whitehouse (died 2001) is a relic from the last century. You know, when "comedians" like Bernard Manning regularly made Paki jokes ("Oh how we laughed" - even if they didn't)
I remember around the same time people making Kunta Kinte and Chicken George "jokes", following the Roots drama series on TV. As a follower of a proudly anti-racist club, would you shrug it off if Carr, or any other comedian, were to continue the theme by telling Slavery jokes?
"Say what you like, but it at least gave them jobs AND they got free passage across the Atlantic..."
As the OP, I wasn’t trying to be antagonistic at all. The week leading up to this gig was way over the top.
Anybody can be offended, that’s their right. But they should not try to stop other people enjoying it.
I don't like the particular joke although would defend Carr's right to say it on stage
I have a sneaking suspicion that it was done not so much to make an audience laugh and has more to do with exposure it would give him and views of his netflix show,
a bit l iike Rooney and his sudden burst of media confessions and poor me stories just on the cusp of his Netflix documentary release
Mary Whitehouse (died 2001) is a relic from the last century. You know, when "comedians" like Bernard Manning regularly made Paki jokes ("Oh how we laughed" - even if they didn't)
I remember around the same time people making Kunta Kinte and Chicken George "jokes", following the Roots drama series on TV. As a follower of a proudly anti-racist club, would you shrug it off if Carr, or any other comedian, were to continue the theme by telling Slavery jokes?
"Say what you like, but it at least gave them jobs AND they got free passage across the Atlantic..."
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Ooooh look Brentford are here. Dave Chapelle's most recent Netflix special "The Closer" has jokes about slavery. Good luck trying to tell him to stop.
"Someone despises me. That's their problem." Marcus Aurelius
Don't particularly like Jimmy Carr, nor does most of the TV industry from what I've heard, but the idea he'll be 'cancelled' over what he said is an absolute nonsense and absolutely will not happen. For a lot of reasons, not least of which 'cancellation' is a bit of a myth, but mainly because any show that is broadcast anywhere even vaguely professional will have been heavily legalled. the idea this joke wasn't extensively discussed before it was kept in the show is ludicrous. And the reason it was allowed to stay is because of the nuance that a lot of people who complained about it (although I do think there are legitimate reasons to question it) missed: what Carr said is true. Some people have taken it to mean he thinks it's funny that no one cares about those communities, but is that what he was saying? Seems to me, his entire point is that society doesn't care - he was highlighting the racism. Pretty hard to cancel him for that.
I got a free ticket to see him a few years back , I thought he was totally unfunny , I'm glad I didn't pay for the ticket . I'm not particularly woke I just don't find him funny.
AND WHEN I DREAM , I DREAM ABOUT YOU AND WHEN I SCREAM I SCREAM ABOUT YOU!!!!!
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