Roy Chubby Brown’s gig slated as ‘racist, sexist and homophobic’ in review – Express

Writing for Grimsby Live, Ivana said: "I struggled to laugh along, there was an awkward silence from my end so loud that you could probably hear crickets. I strongly questioned why people were labelling him "hilarious" as I just couldn't see past the racist, sexist and homophobic material in his so-called 'jokes'.

"You could argue that he fits the mould of a popular comedian with a very distinctive laugh who, like Jimmy Carr, takes jokes to a limit where people could be offended. Jimmy himself has previously been called out for taking some content from his show "too far" especially in his newest Netflix show 'His Dark Materials'.

"Despite the controversy with Carr, I believe the pair are completely incomparable. What Brown would call a 'joke' is describing ethnic minorities' facial features and mimicking them which has never been funny, now or in the past.

"He is very much of an era when his attitudes were seen as slightly more palatable, although I'm aware that Brown wasn't really welcome on television at the time either which allows me to breathe a little sigh of relief."

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