Leo Kearse
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Comedian Responds to Complaint Email
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November 30, 2021
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5:41Now PlayingThis is a complaint email received by a comedy club after I'd performed a work-in-progress show there. Luckily the comedy club film everything so could review the footage and see that the claims are totally false (I didn't even talk about most of the topics they claim). And if they saw my show previously and found me "horrific", why did they come to see me again? But it shows why so many diverse heterodox voices are being pushed off the live circuit.
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Cancel culture is making an already precarious occupation untenable for a comedian like me. Any accusation of racism, transphobia, misogyny is like accusing someone of witchcraft in Salem in 1693 - everyone is terrified of being tarred with association, promoters are scared to let you near the cows in case your sorcery sours the milk in their udders. I won't embarrass them by naming but some clubs I used to work for have stopped booking me.
I'm not sure if they were even at the show. They got basic details wrong. Other people enjoyed it. It's new material, sometimes it's going to stray over the line. Other comedians have suffered hecklers, complaints, online campaigns. Cancel culture is real, it's pernicious and it's narrowing the diversity of voices you're allowed to hear.
I'm putting my energy into YouTube, podcasting with 3 Speech and Lotus Eaters, and TV/radio. I'm building my own following so I can tour my own show to my own audience. I'll always be loyal to the clubs who book me (who seem to be the ones that are growing - funny that) and ones that don't can suck my balls.
Hear me talk about my experiences in my show Cancel Culture at Top Secret Comedy in Covent Garden on Dec 6th at 6.30pm -
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