Press clippings Page 9
Letters: Jimmy Carr went beyond the boundaries of acceptable comedy
The question which has to be asked is whether there is any subject which should be off-limits for comedians and remain taboo.
Denis Bruce, The Herald, 11th February 2022Jimmy Carr's cancelling marks the long, sad death of comedy... not
Comedy is dying... It's end, often prophesied, is finally here. We know it's real because Jimmy Carr has said so and he should know. The World's Last-Standing Stand-Up has been widely condemned for making a joke about the murder of gypsies at the hands of Nazis during the Holocaust and that, he claims, proves his point: you can't make a joke about anything these days.
David Waywell, Reaction, 10th February 2022Jimmy Carr must be free to say the unsayable
The government has no business decreeing what is funny.
Simon Evans, Spiked, 10th February 2022Jimmy Carr: Protesters call for apology outside Dunstable gig
A group of protesters outside a Jimmy Carr gig called for him to apologise for his comments about the Holocaust.
BBC, 9th February 2022Bruce Dessau on Jimmy Carr and that joke
Carr isn't evil. He is not a bad man. He knows comedy inside out. He is usually brilliant at reading a room - watch him put down endless hecklers for example. But on this occasion it feels as if he maybe got it wrong. But a career ender? I very much doubt it.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th February 2022Jimmy Carr responds to backlash to joke during stand-up set
"We used to call them jokes and people would laugh," he reportedly told crowd.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 9th February 2022Second Jimmy Carr Holocaust joke surfaces
As Jimmy Carr continues to be face criticism over his remarks about the Roma people, a second Holocaust joke has surfaced from the comedian's recent book prompting a new wave of outrage.
Kieran Galpin, JOE, 9th February 2022What do Jimmy Carr's jokes have to do with the government?
The logical endpoint of this is that we'll soon have a Minister for Internet Beef and Posting Hot Takes.
Josh Kaplan, The Jewish Chronicle, 9th February 2022Hope Not Hate demands Netflix cut Jimmy Carr Holocaust joke
A campaign group has accused Netflix of "a grave error of judgment" for broadcasting a show by comedian Jimmy Carr in which he jokes about the Roma and Gypsies killed in the Holocaust. Hope Not Hate has demanded that the joke be removed and a public apology issued.
The Irish News, 9th February 2022The Guardian view on anti-Traveller prejudice: the aim must be inclusion
There is nothing new about prejudice against the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community: it dates back centuries. The fury and hurt caused by a "joke" made by the comedian Jimmy Carr, who described the murder of hundreds of thousands of Romany and Sinti Gypsies by the Nazis as a "positive" in a Netflix special in December, is a blunt reminder of its persistence.
The Guardian, 8th February 2022