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PETE DAVIDSON?? The guy whose origin story is literally that his dad died during the 9/11 terror attacks orchestrated by the Saudis? THAT Pete Davidson??
Maybe he's going in undercover as a comedian to get revenge?
It's gonna be really hard for him to pretend to be a comedian
You mean to tell me that a guy who sells Axe body spray might not care where his money comes from, regardless of how it makes him look?
Burr was surprising. Not in a "Oh my god he would never!" sort of way, but in a "huh. That shoe finally dropped. Was wondering when that was gonna happen" way.
No one expects better from Chappelle or C.K anymore. They're already disgraced so they may as well sell out.
Segura was disappointing. Iglesias wasn't surprising. Davidson was surprising given his background, but my expectations for him are already so low that it wasn't a letdown.
You were surprised by Tom "fuck you poors" Segura? Dude hasn't even been funny in years
Plot twist, Burr goes there and has a Philly era rant and incites a civil war.
If anyone expected Marc Maron to be anything except against this entirely they've definitely never actually heard Marc Maron once.
From the folks that brought you 9/11, two weeks of laughter in the desert don’t miss it.
Maron has such a way with words.
Love Maron even more now, and all respect to Gillis and Zach Woods, but I did expect more from Burr and Ansari, and Mark Normand was disappointing too. Bill Cosby and Woody Allen made me laugh though. Who's showing up for those two?
People who don’t give a fuck about women….sooo a lot of Saudi's I’d assume
“I mean, the same guy that’s going to pay them, is the same guy that paid that guy to bonesaw Jamal Khashoggi and put him in a f***ing suitcase,” Maron also said. “But don’t let that stop the yuks, it’s going to be a good time.”
Damn seeing Bill Burr's name on that list makes me sad. The others all make total sense. But Bill Burr damn.
Pete Davidson didn't make sense either. Dad dies in the towers on 9/11 and he thinks this is cool?
Chapelle talking about how bad Hollywood is and not worth it...smh
Dave Chappelle has shown signs of being an asshole for a very long time
I had a feeling he exploits the 9/11 thing for sympathy.
Burr was the most shocking. Torched his brand and legacy with this move, hope the paycheck was worth it.
worst part of it is none of these guys were struggling. All of them could easily turn it down and they would be just fine.
Credit to those like Shane Gillis, Nimesh Patel and Stavvy for turning it down.
Glad Stavros has a backbone. I love all the cum boys.
Nimesh Patel is still listed on the site as appearing 😓
Sites not updated, he's been posting that he cancelled.
150k isn't chump change for him either, he's not as well off as Stavvy or Gillis.
Well you don’t get much better sourced than the guy himself.
I've lost all respect for the comedians performing in this festival, but gained a lot of respect for the ones who turned down the money out of principle.
Bill Burr is the biggest disappointment for me. Thought he was at least a little better than that.
Jim Jeffries is a surprise, and Jack Whitehall, but no big loss for me there.
This shocked me about a lot of esports events. Sooo much saudi sponsorship and people going to LAN events there. Really disgusting.
Yeah I’ve ignored the ESWC because it’s just Saudi attempting to improve its image without actually changing their ways. And I am a huge SC2 fan so it hurts to ignore the biggest tournament of the year
Money talks.
The one that is disappointing to me out of the article is Bill Burr. I've listened to a lot of his stand up and his podcast off and on for years, frequently agreeing with the thrust of whatever point he was trying to make. I had hoped he was a better person than to put that reputation he seemed to care about on the line for a fat pay day.
I heard something recently that was along the lines of "who you really are, what you really value, and what you really stand for is defined by the things you are willing to give up to uphold those values and beliefs".
I guess unfortunately Bill is like Chappelle has mostly been reveled to be in the last few years. Willing to agree to throw his supposed values in the trash if the payday is good enough. Just another mouthpiece for hire that I used to think was actually a pretty cool and principled dude back in the day.
Hell, I remember when Chappelle walked out on his show, while I missed that show I respected him for being willing to go that far for something he felt strongly about.
Unless Bill Burr takes a rather big shit on the royal family while he is out there, it's a bit of a downer.
Looks like Hannibal Burress is disappointing us too.
https://www.visitsaudi.com/en/seasons/riyadh-comedy-festival
The dude is a landlord who supported the candidate who wanted to give people $1000 so he could increase rent by $1000.
He's not an ally.
I remember a scene in the (good) show Louie when Louis CK criticized trump in a trump casino (he's often the morally superior guy in his show)
Won't happen there
I went to check who else was going, and was disappointed to see Jimeoin, Gabriel Iglesias and Hannibal Buress there.
Unfortunately Hannibal kinda sucks.
Buress owns a building in Chicago; in 2017, he removed residential tenants in order to convert the property into Airbnb short-term rental units. In October 2019, he posted a tweet against Bernie Sanders's call for rent control and asked for donations to an Illinois landlords association, leading to Twitter users criticizing him with the phrase "Hannibal Buress is a landlord". Buress later stated that he regretted his now-deleted tweets, which he claimed were jokes meant to stir up controversy. He attributed the criticism he received to fallout over comments he made on Sanders's age. Buress also said a housing charity had refused his $4,000 donation due to his perceived landlord advocacy.
So him not caring who is paying him, long as he is getting paid, sorta tracks. :/
Well that's a shame. I quite liked his stand-up. Into the bin with him.
If America didn't make Saudi rich with all those oil purchases over the years we wouldnt be in this pickle.
Kudos to those that decided not to go but I think we all know that the American ethos is "everyone has a price".
These are the most successful comedians. Like most rich entertainers, most are assholes behind the scenes when when their public persona matters and they want to fit in with younger crowds. Then when they're past their prime years of relevance, they start kicking down further and further. George Carlin is a rarity. People making a career dunking on others are probably going to end up old shock jocks eventually
Let's see the court jesters poke fun at their hosts and see what happens.
In the article it mentions that Tim Dillon was uninvited after some derogatory comments about the regime there. He should have saved that material until he was there
dear billy big bux :/
How does a few elites creating a censored comedy festival for attendees, who can only attend the event because of the financial position they're only in because of the Royal family, create a more progressive Saudi society?
Shane Gillis... The naive all American highschool boy? He's like ...the American Girl doll of comedy.
