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| Born | November 4, 1961 |
| Hometown | New Jersey, United States of America |
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Edinburgh Fringe in yellow face row as play branded ‘publicly licensed racism’
- The Edinburgh Fringe is facing calls to introduce “guidelines” for next year’s festival after a yellow face row in which Asians claimed to have been subjected to “publicly licensed racism on stage”.
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Alison Rowat: Cursing idiots do not speak for Scotland. All agreed?
AS an idea for a comedy sketch it would have been dismissed as laughably implausible. Some BBC reporter doing his polite best to engage a protester in conversation, while others in the mob scream “scumbag”, “rat”, and “traitor” at him. Don’t forget the nasty little inquiry sneaked towards at the end, “How long have you been in Scotland?”
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Jerry Sadowitz and the shifting boundaries of free speech
Letters: Readers on freedom of expression and hate speech, following the cancellation of the comedian’s Edinburgh fringe show
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Who went too far: Jerry Sadowitz or those who cancelled his Edinburgh fringe show?
Questions of free speech offer no simple answers, but it’s clear that this is a watershed moment in comedy, says Guardian comedy critic Brian Logan
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Jerry Sadowitz hits back after show cancelled: ‘My act is being cheapened’
Comedian says his show ‘is what it is, for those who enjoy it,’ after complaints at Edinburgh fringe
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Jerry Sadowitz calls for apology after cancelled comedy gig amid claims of 'extreme' racism and sexism
Controversial comedian Jerry Sadowitz has hit out at the Edinburgh Fringe venue which cancelled his comedy show, saying it has "cheapened and simplified" his work. The Pleasance pulled the second night of his two-night run on Saturday, amid claims his act was "extreme in its racism, sexism, homophobia and misogyny". American-born Scottish performer Sadowitz is a regular performer on the Fringe, but is probably best known for his starring role as Ebeneezer Goode in the video for The Shamen's 19
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Comedian Jerry Sadowitz hits back at Edinburgh Fringe venue over racism claims
His show at the Pleasance theatre was cancelled after it received a number of complaints.
