The veteran comedy superstar “doesn’t give a f***” what anyone thinks of his recent trip to Saudi Arabia: “If it affects my ...
Bill Burr doesn’t “give a f--- what all these phony f---ing people are saying” about his choice to perform at Saudi Arabia’s ...
Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly ...
Bill Burr did what his Saudi handlers hoped he would do – he put over the authoritarian kingdom, where slavery is very much ...
Zain, who lives in Riyadh, said he was shocked to hear jokes like this, in a country which is known for being ...
Dave Chappelle said Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival is actually more suitable for stand-up comedy than the United ...
Washington Post condemned comedians like Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr for accepting money to perform at Saudi Arabia's comedy ...
Some may ask who cares if some comic takes money from a government that kills its critics, but it’s all part of the dangerous ...
The decision by some of stand-up’s biggest names to attend a festival in a nation infamous for its censorship has the comedy ...
Jimmy Kimmel grilled Aziz Ansari about his choice to perform at Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival despite ...
Just because Louis C.K. can tell his favorite jokes at the Riyadh Comedy Festival doesn’t mean he struck a blow for free speech.
The ‘Good Fortune’ director stopped by Kimmel’s show where he opened up on Saudi Arabia: “To me, a comedy festival felt like something that’s pushing things to be more open and to push a dialogue.” ...