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Comedy is dying, says Jimmy Carr after Holocaust joke furore
Jimmy Carr has criticised "cancel culture" after the culture secretary suggested bringing in a law to control streaming services following outrage at his joke about the Holocaust.
David Brown, The Times, 7th February 2022Sophie Willan calls out Victoria Coren Mitchell for supporting Jimmy Carr
Sophie Willan has questioned Victoria Coren Mitchell's support of Jimmy Carr in the wake of a backlash against the comedian's "racist" Holocaust joke about travellers. The creator and star of Alma's Not Normal said that "any small support of this is racist in my opinion".
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 7th February 2022Sajid Javid calls for boycott against Jimmy Carr
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has called Jimmy Carr's controversial joke about the Holocaust "horrid", and encouraged people not to listen to the comedian or watch his work.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 7th February 2022Jimmy Carr: Boris Johnson's spokesperson calls Holocaust joke 'deeply disturbing'
No 10 has waded into the controversy over comedian's Netflix special.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 7th February 2022Coren Mitchell says she was 'doing what she thought was right' in supporting Carr
"I wasn't defending the joke," the quiz show host said.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 7th February 2022SNP councillor: 'Prosecute Jimmy Carr's audience'
Oh dear. It seems that the most illiberal party in Great Britain is at it again. In the nationwide haste to condemn the comedian Jimmy Carr for his remarks about the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community in his Netflix special, an elected councillor from (who else?) the SNP has called for prosecutions. Not just for Carr himself, mind you; Julie McKenzie, who sits on Argyll and Bute council, wants the many members of Carr's audience prosecuted too for 'applauding' the remarks.
Steerpike, The Spectator, 7th February 2022David Baddiel calls out Jimmy Carr for 'indefensible' Holocaust joke
'It's not the subject matter of a joke that counts, it's the specifics of the individual joke,' he said.
The Independent, 6th February 2022Leo Kearse: Of course Jimmy Carr was joking
The mad backlash to his Holocaust joke will only encourage more comics to self-censor.
Leo Kearse, Spiked, 6th February 2022Jimmy Carr's pathetic attempt at humour is a gift to the far right
It is a fact of life that stand-up comedy, often by its very nature, sails close to the wind in its content and style. Some of our more cerebral comedians are able to present their material in a way that can be both funny and thought-provoking whilst offering an alternative view of social and political issues. Jimmy Carr, in my view, is not one of these.
Owen Kelly, The National (Scotland), 6th February 2022Jimmy Carr says he's 'going down swinging' as he breaks silence on Netflix backlash
Jimmy Carr's 'joke' about Nazis murdering travellers on his Netflix show His Dark Material show caused widespread outrage and he appeared to address the anger on stage on Saturday night/
Victoria Williams & Sam Elliott-Gibbs, The Mirror, 6th February 2022