Had she never heard of Jimmy Carr?
Newstalk BZ reports:
Comedian Jimmy Carr is in hot water after jokes at a recent gig left one woman saying he used his platform to “put down those who have a tough life”.
Carr, whose shock comedy often leaves audiences gasping, was performing a warm-up gig in for his upcoming tour when he began directing comments to a woman in the audience.
Carly Ahlen, 44, was in the front row at the Orchard West Theatre in Kent, England, when Carr asked her why she was wearing a beret.
“I used my right hand to lift my beret, exposing my hearing aid,” Ahlen, who is deaf, told Metro.
“I hoped he was at least a decent guy and would move on, knowing I was deaf. It didn’t work. It had the opposite effect as I was like a sitting deaf duck now,” she said.
She said she was using a transcribing app to read Carr’s jokes as he performed them.
Carr pushed on, asking if she was going to use her phone to “call for back-up from the French Resistance”.
Ahlen said the British-Irish comic then doubled down, claiming “you can say anything about deaf people because they can’t hear you”.
“I was shocked — this isn’t comedy,” she said.
“Comedy is an amazing tool for progressive change, yet Jimmy decided to use his platform to put down those who have a tough life.
Had she never heard about Jimmy Carr? Carr always makes fun of people in the audience – they are some of his best bits. And if you really think comedy is simply a tool for progressive change, then go to one of those progressive comedians’ shows – also known as the unfunny ones.
For those who do actually like comedy, here is some of Jimmy;’s best audience insults.
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