Jimmy Cara claimed that they would be canceled because of his joke that ‘thousands of Gypsies killed by the Nazis’ had a ‘positive’ effect of the Holocaust.
Known for his stand-up and roles in shows like 8 Cats out of 10, Carr issued a “trigger warning” to audiences in his one-hour debut. Netflix In particular his Dark Materials, acknowledging his performance includes ‘Horrible Things’.
In a widely shared clip from the show, Carr mocked the horrors of the Holocaust and the “sixty million Jewish lives lost.”
As a punchline, the 49-year-old made a derogatory remark about the death of thousands of Gypsies at the hands of the Nazis.
‘But he never mentioned the thousands of Gypsies who were killed by the Nazis. Nobody ever wants to talk about that, because nobody ever wants to talk about the positive,’ Kar quipped the audience with a laugh.
During a gig in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, he told his audience ‘the joke that ended my career is already out’.
Image: Comedian Jimmy Carr has been criticized for his ‘really disturbing’ joke made about the travel community and the Holocaust in his latest show Netflix special His Dark Materials
A woman in the audience harassed Carr by saying, ‘Are we going to talk about the Holocaust?’ Mirror Reported.
Carr replied: ‘We’re going to talk about cancel culture, the whole thing.
‘We’re going to talk about everything guys. to take a rest.’
He later added: ‘We are speaking to our friends at the Last Chance Salon. What I’m saying on stage tonight is barely acceptable now.
‘Forget about it f***ing in ten years. You are going to tell your grandchildren about watching this show tonight.’
Celebrities and publicity groups have hit out at Carr’s jokes on their Netflix shows.
Comedian David Baddiel, 57, called the joke “racist” and “inhuman”. He added: ‘You can clearly tell a Holocaust joke that is cruel and dehumanizing and mean and racist.
Jewish comedian David Baddil slams Carr for joking about the Holocaust on stage
‘Or you can tell someone who targets the oppressors, or draws attention to their basic evil, or sheds light on the humanity of the victims.
‘It’s not the subject of the joke that matters, it’s the uniqueness of the individual joke. Obviously, Jimmy was Carr’s ex.’
Elsewhere, Irish traveler and bare-knuckles boxer Paddy Doherty said the ‘disgusting’ joke was an insult to the 1.5 million Gypsies killed in death camps.
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he told sunday mirror: ‘He should be investigated by the police.
‘It wasn’t a joke. He’s talking about mass murder being positive – would he be allowed to say the same about black people killed by the Ku Klux Klan?
‘There’s a level you don’t go to. More than one million of my people were killed.’
Labor MPs including Labor’s Nadia Whittom and David Lamy condemned the joke, who called it ‘despicable’.
Conservative MP and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries told BBC News the joke was “disgusting”.
During the show, Carr said: ‘When people talk about the Holocaust…’ to which the audience gasped and looked down at them as they nodded.
The 49-year-old continued: ‘When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horrors of the loss of six million Jewish lives to the Nazi war machine.
‘But he never mentioned the thousands of Gypsies who were killed by the Nazis. Nobody ever wants to talk about that, because nobody ever wants to talk about positive things.’
Despite the outrage the joke sparked elsewhere, the audience responded with laughter.
Carr then explained why he thought it was a ‘good joke’, adding that it was ‘f**king funny’, ‘as in all hell’ and because it had ‘educational quality’.
It is estimated that 200,000 to 500,000 Roma and Sinti people were massacred by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
The joke sparked outrage among various traveler charities and anti-hate groups after a clip was shared on social media.
In a tweet mentioning the joke, The Traveler Movement – a charity supporting the traveler community in the UK, said: ‘This is really disturbing and beyond humour. We need all your support in calling it #StopTravellerHate @StopFundingHate.
The charity has now launched a petition to Netflix calling for the removal of a segment of His Dark Materials that celebrates the Romantic genocide.
Olivia Marx-Woldmann OBE, chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, said: ‘We are utterly appalled at Jimmy Carr’s remarks about the persecution perpetrated by the Roma and Sinti people under Nazi persecution, and horrified that there will be a storm of laughter . followed up on his comment.
‘Thousands of Roma and Sinti people suffered prejudice, slave labor, sterilization and mass murder because of their identities only – these are not experiences of ridicule.
‘The widespread ignorance of this recent history needs to be addressed and we urge all to learn more about the experiences of the Roma people, past and today.
The Roma and the Cinti people still face terrible prejudice as evidenced by this incident. Please show your support by learning more, challenging such hateful comments, and following accounts like Roma Support Group, The Traveler Movement, and friends, families, and travelers.’