Jerry Sadowitz
- Stand-up comedian and magician
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The backlash against Sadowitz is no laughing matter
It's an extremely clever sales and publicity trick that Jerry himself would have been proud to conjure up, if only it had been deliberate. It wasn't; but it's proof, if any were needed, that there is still a huge public demand for his outrageous brand of dark comedy and unsettling social satire.
Donald MacLeod, The Herald, 19th August 2022What happened when I produced a Jerry Sadowitz TV comedy special...
The Last Laugh with Jerry Sadowitz was recorded to be a 55-minute show though it was later transmitted as a 45-minute show (for general scheduling reasons, not because of content).
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 18th August 2022Jerry Sadowitz back doing voiceover work at Edinburgh Fringe
The controversial comedian has been signed to record the scene-setter for a performance by Mark Borkowski, a celebrity publicist whose previous clients have included Noel Edmonds, Graham Norton and Joan Rivers.
Adam Robertson, The National (Scotland), 17th August 2022Render unto Pleasance: Our editor with his personal opinion on the Pleasance v Sadowitz controversy
There are three things that should debar you from debates about comedy. The first is using the phrase "so-called comedian". The second is deploying your own subjective "it's not funny" as a trump card. The third is the Reductio Ad Jim Davidson - the strange logic by which if you're not a full on cheerleader for the currently dominant wave of progressive comedy, you obviously want to sit around laughing at Chalky and watching Up The Elephant reruns.
Robert Peacock, The Wee Review, 17th August 2022What Malcolm Hardee thought of Jerry Sadowitz
As the Jerry Sadowitz row at the Edinburgh Fringe is still rumbling on (see my previous three blogs), below is an extract from the late Malcolm Hardee's autobiography I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th August 2022It's funny how all of Jerry Sadowitz's defenders are white men
Racial slurs and a man exposing his penis don't hit in quite the same way for them.
Ariane Sherine, The New Statesman, 17th August 2022Letters: Jerry Sadowitz and the shifting boundaries of free speech
Readers on freedom of expression and hate speech, following the cancellation of the comedian's Edinburgh Fringe show.
The Guardian, 17th August 2022They finally came for Jerry Sadowitz
Comedians dismiss cancel culture at their peril.
Simon Evans, Spiked, 16th August 2022President Obonjo on the Pleasance's dangerous Edinburgh Fringe decision
Benjamin Bankole Bello, who performs comedy as President Obonjo, is rather concerned by the Pleasance venue's banning of comedian Jerry Sadowitz's show at the Edinburgh Fringe...
Benjamin Bello, John Fleming's Blog, 16th August 2022Who went too far: Jerry Sadowitz or those who cancelled his Edinburgh fringe show?
Questions of free speech offer no simple answers, but it's clear that this is a watershed moment in comedy.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 16th August 2022