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Netflix Takes Down Episode of Hasan Minhaj’s Show in Saudi Arabia

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Re: Netflix Takes Down Episode of Hasan Minhaj’s Show in Saudi Arabia

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Post by rhizome »

charlieflowers wrote: post #17

First time I've heard of the show. I watched about 20 minutes ... pretty good. The style reminds me of Samantha B ... political commentary sprinkled with humor.

There's a pretty long tradition of political standup, which is what I take Minhaj's act to be. Lewis Black, Will Durst, Lenny Bruce of course, Mort Sahl (who is said by some to be the first modern standup comic), and Will Rogers all relied on current events and commentary for their routines. This doesn't even touch on the much larger (and mainstream) community of riffers like Vaughn Meader, David Frye, Rich Little, etc.

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Post by closeparen »

This is the only natural conclusion in a world where sovereign countries legislate the internet according to their values and tech companies follow local laws. Regulatory backlash isn't always going to be GDPR. Sometimes it's going to be this.

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Post by mattigames »

nvo wrote: post #55
notmyaccount wrote: post #41

I hadn't watched it but thanks to this I am gonna watch it now.

They don't care if you watch it, they care if people in Saudi Arabia watch it.

That's only partially true, in a world so communicated a lot of people are going to contact their friends living in Saudi Arabia and tell them what they think about the film, a lot will see this news on reddit or elsewhere and realize its being censored.

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Post by toyg »

hydrox24 wrote: post #39
charlieflowers wrote: post #17

First time I've heard of the show. I watched about 20 minutes ... pretty good. The style reminds me of Samantha B ... political commentary sprinkled with humor.

> political commentary sprinkled with humor. I think you're right about their shows, but both Hasan Minhaj and Samantha Bee are comedians, so why are we entrusting political commentary to comedians?

Under the harshest rulers, very often the only person allowed to speak truth to power is the buffoon.

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Post by toyg »

richard_todd wrote: post #33
Lazare wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really. Such lawsuits aren't really a thing.

Wall Street Journal says there were a record number of Shareholder lawsuits in 2017 for reasons including disappointing earnings. Nearly 10% of traded companies faced one that year. It kind of seems like “a thing.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-lawsuits-targeting-stock-dr... Edit: 2017, not this year

The number of filings is irrelevant: I can sue NASA for not building a space station on the moon, it doesn’t mean it won’t be thrown out. The article is paywalled so I can’t see if it reports the number that actually matters, i.e. wins.

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Post by wbl »

oarabbus_ wrote: post #46
inherentFloyd wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How? It's still censorship.

This must be a facetious comment. You don't see how it being only banned in Saudi Arabia is not as bad as Saudi Arabia complaining and having it taken down worldwide? Plus, Saudia Arabia is not known as a bastion of personal liberty. But that's besides the point; they are completely entitled to perform censorship within their own borders. It's simply your opinion (which I happen to agree with, but it is not a fact no…

Eieus regio cuius religio has been replaced with individual liberty. Westphalia was a mistake.

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Post by tony101 »

dogma1138 wrote: post #28
gondo wrote: post #19

simillary UK censor HBO's Last Week Tonight show when it reports about uk parliament https://theweek.com/speedreads/778214/john-oliver-fiendish-p...

That’s a bit different in the U.K. official parliament footage isn’t allowed to be used for satire or anything other than news reporting. This was more of a copyright claim than censorship. They could literarily have broadcast the same thing with muppets instead of the official footage and that would’ve been ok and a large part of wishes they had done just that. “We wanted to show you footage from the House of Common…

> "This was more of a copyright claim than censorship."

Why should taxpayer-funded creations be copyrighted? They should be in the public domain by default, like in the U.S.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_work_by_th...

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