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journal entry featuring experience highlights and remarkable memories and cultural enthusiasms:
Boulevard City, Riyadh, the Western consensus & the hypocritical oaf
https://www.outsidelight.online/journal/journal-boulevard-city-riyadh-the-western-consensus-the-hypocritical-oaf/
#riyadh #RiyadhComedyFestival #saudiarabia #travel #theatre #AI
The problem with #RiyadhComedyFestival -
Queen Coke Francis | "I Ranked Every Sellout At The #RiyadhComedyFestival"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bome1xiMy4
#SaudiArabia #humanRights #comedy #arts #performingArts #humorists #comedians #standUp #courtJesters #filthyLucre
"If you built your career on speaking truth TO power, we notice when you start speaking FOR it instead." #auspol #RiyadhComedyFestival #accountability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSsmhiVN88
Whitney Cummings on Riyadh Comedy Festival Controversy: “It’s Just Racism”
#GeneralNews #News #Comedy #International #RiyadhComedyFestival #SaudiArabia #WhitneyCummings
Looks like some #riyadhcomedyfestival performers are going with "anybody complaining is lumping in the people there with the government".
Bullshit. They were invited and paid by the government under strict topic rules. It would be like being invited by Trump or Biden, paid by the government and told that to get the money, you couldn't criticize them. It doesn't matter who else is in the room. You can't say your comedy is about truth telling etc after taking that gig, esp for a dictator.
Whitney Cummings Defends Performing At Riyadh Comedy Festival, Says Backlash “Is Just Racism”
#News #RiyadhComedyFestival #WhitneyCummings
https://deadline.com/2025/10/whitney-cummings-riyadh-comedy-festival-defends-performing-1236584551/
Whitney Cummings Says Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash ‘Is Just Racism,’ Claims Stand-Up Comics Who’ve Worked With Live Nation Have ‘Taken Saudi Money’
#Variety #News #RiyadhComedyFestival #WhitneyCummings
Does the Controversy Over the Riyadh Comedy Festival Actually Matter?
#GeneralNews #News #BillBurr #DaveChappelle #LouisCK #RiyadhComedyFestival #SaudiArabia
#StewartLee pointing out the #machynlleth #comedyfestival and #EdinburghFringe are both bigger than the #riyadhcomedyfestival
https://pen.org/saudi-sponsors-comedy-speak-writers-at-risk/
As the Saudi Government Sponsors Comedy, Let’s Speak Up for Saudi Writers at Risk
#SaudiArabia #RiyadhComedyFestival #MBS #JamalKhashoggi #Bonesaws #oppression #monarchy #comedy #comedians
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/10/saudi-arabia-gets-the-last-laugh/684494/
Saudi Arabia Gets the Last Laugh
The Riyadh Comedy Festival is just one part of a much bigger plan.
By Hanna Rosin
#MBS #SaudiArabia #RiyadhComedyFestival #JamalKhashoggi #BoneSaws #Comedy #Comedians
Stand-Up Comedian Jessica Kirson Donates Riyadh Comedy Festival Fee to Human Rights Campaign
#GeneralNews #AzizAnsari #BillBurr #HumanRightsCampaign #International #JessicaKirson #RiyadhComedyFestival #SaudiArabia
Aziz Ansari says he plans to donate "part of the fee" for performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival to Human Rights Watch, but the organization doesn't want it. Arvind Ganesan, the HRW's head of economic justice and rights division, told @Variety that accepting money from Riyadh performers, "could create the perception that somehow we compromised our independence after the fact." Here's more.
Jimmy Kimmel Questions Aziz Ansari’s Decision to Perform at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival
Jimmy Kimmel confronted Aziz Ansari on his late-night show over performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, a controversial event sponsored by Saudi Arabia's government. Kimmel criticized the Saudi regime, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as 'brutal' and noted their history of human rights abu... [More info]
Apropos of nothing, here is the list of comedians who participated in the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
Mo Amer, Aziz Ansari, Wayne Brady, Hannibal Buress, Bill Burr, Jimmy Carr, Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Whitney Cummings, Pete Davidson, Chris Distefano, Omid Djalili, Zarna Garg, Ben Hart, Kevin Hart, Gabriel Iglesias, Jimeoin, Maz Jobrani, Jessica Kirson, Jo Koy, Bobby Lee, Sebastian Maniscalco, Sam Morril, Mark Normand, Russell Peters, Jeff Ross, Sugar Sammy, Andrew Santino, Andrew Schulz, Tom Segura, Ali Siddiq, Cipha Sounds, Aries Spears, Chris Tucker, and Jack Whitehall
#RiyadhComedyFestival #HumanRights #sellouts
Human Rights Watch “Cannot Accept” Donations From Riyadh Comedy Fest Performers, Says “Not Too Late” To Call For Release Of Saudi Activists
#Festivals #News #AzizAnsari #HumanRightsWatch #RiyadhComedyFestival #SaudiArabia
https://deadline.com/2025/10/human-rights-watch-cannot-accept-donations-riyadh-comedy-1236575342/
I saw Omid Djalili had written a piece in the Guardian defending his appearance at the festival as some kind of cultural olive branch or something but money will make you say all sorts of things, won't it?
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