Jimmy Carr: UK government upset over holocaust joke.

[tumorboy]

They want his Netflix special pulled. The bit is on YouTube by his standards fairly tame.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Some context...

 

[tumorboy]

Some context...

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Thanks couldn't post it from work.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

It's a joke...

The people watching realize it's a joke.

 

[TJ8869]

So basically Jimmy Carr is the British Anthony Jeselnik?

 

[tumorboy]

It's a joke...

The people watching realize it's a joke.

Jimmy might have sent them a check to draw attention to his special.

 

[tumorboy]

So basically Jimmy Carr is the British Anthony Jeselnik?

More like the other way around.

 

[ping72]

Seems like Carr is getting gypped on this one.

Oh, wait... oops.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

It really is about context and the environment where this is going on. Juxtaposition, irony and sarcasm are what make “comedy” work, in the first place, and I don’t believe material presented like this (and FFS, he both warned the audience and explained the material) should be policed or censored. Many Comic acts are built to push the envelope and their success or failure should be determined by the market place.

 

[bdg8]

The world needs to lighten up . If people don’t like his brand of comedy, then don’t watch his act

 

[fivecardstud14]

So basically Jimmy Carr is the British Anthony Jeselnik?

Carr has been around longer & is better.

 

[mnole03]

Listen to Pete’s reaction.

 

[tumorboy]

If we're God's children. What makes Jesus so special?

 

[FAUlty Gator]

If we're God's children. What makes Jesus so special?

Not a ginger. Great Abs. Makes his own booze.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

You gotta hand it to Carr, though. The guy’s f’in fearless.

 

[tumorboy]

You gotta hand it to Carr, though. The guy’s f’in fearless.

You forgot the most important part. Fearless and funny. Not in it to lecture the audience either. Purely there to make u laugh and get paid.

 

[TJ8869]

It’s interesting that it mostly seems to be Jews who were offended by his Holocaust joke even though they weren’t the butt of the joke.

 

[Moral]

The joke would have been better if it would have brought awareness to the suffering of Romani people, and followed up with a moment of silence.

 

[SL Hawk Fan]

The joke would have been better if it would have brought awareness to the suffering of Romani people, and followed up with a moment of silence.

I think you left the (tic) off your post, confusing the sarcasm-impaired folks that frequent this site.