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  The Guardian

  How to say the unsayable: the comics tackling anti-‘woke’ trolling

  While debates about cancel culture rage on at Edinburgh, a trio of performers are critiquing ‘edgelord’ humour, while still remembering to be funny

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  Herald Scotland

  Donald MacLeod: The backlash against Sadowitz is no laughing matter

  THE last laugh this week will surely go to the controversial top-hatted anarchic comedian and self-deprecating magician, Jerry Sadowitz.

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  Herald Scotland

  Let’s hope the Deloitte review heralds a bright new dawn, and not a false one, for the SPFL

  THE only way that Neil Doncaster could provoke more frothing-at-the-mouth rage from punters when details of the SPFL’s television deals emerge is if he were to follow the lead of comedian Jerry Sadowitz and announce them with his ‘chief executive’ hanging out.

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  The Telegraph

  Matt Forde on parents at gigs: ‘People don’t realise when they’re being antisocial’

  Both of the two big talking-points of the 2022 Edinburgh Festival so far have involved acts at The Pleasance, and both have ignited public debate about what comedians are allowed to say. First, the venue’s managers last weekend scrapped the second of two nights by long-term “shock jock” Jerry Sadowitz, on the basis of putatively unacceptable content that “did not align” with the teeming comedy hub’s “values”, and led to audience walkouts.

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  Entertainment

  Herald Scotland

  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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  The Guardian

  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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  The Guardian

  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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  Celebrity

  The Guardian

  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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  Entertainment

  Sky News

  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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  PA Media: Entertainment

  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.

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