[lit-ideas] Re: The War on Comedians
- From: Michael Chase <goya@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:25:45 +0200
Le 4 avr. 04, =E0 11:37, Omar Kusturica a =E9crit :
> PARIS, April 3 (IslamOnline.net) - A French court on
> Friday, April 2, fined French comedian Dieudonne
> M'Bala M'Bala 10.000 dollars and convicted him of
> inciting ethnic hatred after criticizing the Israeli
> policies in one of his performances.
M.C. Come now. The dude dressed up as a Kalashnikov-toting rabbi and=20
gave a Heil-Hitler style salute. That's not "criticizing the Israeli=20
policies", it's perpetuating racist stereotypes.
Oh, and by the way, Dieudonn=E9, who is a well-paid media =
darling here=20
in the hexagone, can afford the $10,000 : it's probably about what he=20
pays for lunch at Maxim's.
>
> Best, Mike.
>
>
Michael Chase
(goya@xxxxxxxxxxx)
CNRS UPR 76
7, rue Guy Moquet
Villejuif 94801
France
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