Traveller Movement writing to Netflix over Jimmy Carr comedy special
Carr's comedy special was released in December, but the joke was put under the spotlight at the weekend
The Traveller Movement charity is also drafting a complaint to Netflix demanding it remove that section from the programme, the BBC understands. Carr continues an hour-long routine that riffs on, amongst other controversial topics, paedophiles, ugly women, rape, disability and veganism. All vintage Carr. While his fans adore his near-the-knuckle humour, others would find many of these jokes offensive.Five minutes before the end of the show, he turns to a subject he says "should be a career ender". Carr then proceeds to tell the joke which has now been widely reported and condemned.
Greg Sporston, policy and campaigns manager at The Traveller Movement told the BBC on Monday: "If you've got a punchline to a joke which is indistinguishable from the genuinely held beliefs of Nazis and fascists, a line has been crossed. He also says there is an "educational quality" to raising it, as people know the Nazis murdered Jews, but they don't know, claims Carr, they also killed gypsies and other groups.
His show is still available on Netflix, which told the BBC it wouldn't comment on the furore. His ongoing tour, Terribly Funny, is sold out at most venues around the UK.
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