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Tim Dillon Just Got Fired from Riyadh Comedy Festival
https://www.cracked.com/article_48429_tim-dillon-just-got-fired-from-riyadh-comedy-festival.html
Never heard of this guy, but from his quotes in the article he doesn't seem funny at all?
Who the F does a "Comedy Festival" in Saudi Arabia, of all places? What's next? North Korea? The USA?
Well I'm sure he found some way to blame it on trans people.
The irony of a black man who has felt the impairment of his own freedoms so clearly and so often, now taking coins to make joke about the same to those who would themselves be his enslavers in a slightly different circumstance. Look at who does all the shittiest jobs in Saudi Arabia.
He's right. Everyone here is angry that KSA is a fascist regime, and the most important speech in the world is being able to make Winnie the Pooh references.
That comedians are able to go to somewhere they have the freedom to joke about America is more freedom for relevant/funny material. You can have enough comedy material without resorting to joking about the comedy club owner's dismemberment murder accusations, and guess what, if you did, you'd be thrown out (or worse) of "land of the free" clubs too.
Uncle Dave