The Star Of Mrs Brown's Boys Was Slated To Preform At The Platform, But His Gig Has Been Axed Due To Community Complaints To The City Council.
Cancel Culture Wins: Roy Chubby Brown Comedy Gig Canned By Lancaster City Council For Having:
A comedy show starring the Mrs Brown's Boys star Roy Chubby Brown has been cancelled by the Lancaster City Council, after a bombardment of complaints were levelled towards them concerning Mr Brown's: “Incompatible values”.
The
comedian was due to appear in The Platform on the 19th of
August in Morecambe.
His
tour manager Ritchie Hoyle has called the move: “Ridiculous”.
An
online petition made by critics of Mr Brown's comedy act as Mrs Brown
to have the show banned has been ruled as the cause of the mass
complaints to Lancaster City Council, which stated: “Roy Brown is
infamous for his insulting comedy consisting of jokes made at the
expense of the LGBTQ+ community.
His
jokes are outwardly racist, homophobic, and misogynistic.
If
he were to attend the comedy show in Morecambe, then it would fly in
the face of the city council's equality and diversity policy”.
Lancaster
City Council issued as statement on the matter that read: “We
understand that this decision will disappoint some people, but we are
proud to be a fair, diverse, and inclusive community.
We do not believe that Mr Brown's shows are compatible with these values”.
This isn't the first time that a comedian has been attacked for making politically incorrect jokes.
In March, actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars for joking about his wife Jada Smith's bald head.
Later in May fellow African American comedian Dave Chappelle was tacked by a man with a knife on stage in LA, after he refused to apologize for making transgender jokes during his Netflix comedy show.
And in that same month Ricky Gervais was slammed on Twitter, after telling woke comedy goers to: "Grow a spine", following the attack on Dave Chappelle.