During his controversial set at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, comedian Dave Chappelle joked that he would use the phrase “I stand with Israel” as a code to alert fans he was facing ...
Dave Chappelle said Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival is actually more suitable for stand-up comedy than the United States.
Comedians are being criticized by their peers for participating in a Saudi comedy festival while speech is repressed.
Comedians like Dave Chappelle poked fun at an alleged chilling effect on free speech in the U.S. after they signed contracts to do government-approved comedy acts at a festival in Saudi Arabia. In the ...
Dave Chappelle recently addressed the subject of free speech while performing abroad. He responded directly to questions about the boundaries of expression in the United States. The comedian, best ...
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In Saudi Arabia, Dave Chappelle jokes that ‘I stand with Israel’ would be his code for censorship
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