Surely the fact some audience members are ethnically and/or religiously Jewish is irrelevant. According to the article, they weren't targeted because of their ethnicity or religion but because they refused to support the idea of a ceasefire.
😢 Poor bibis. I feel so sad for you. You got your fee fees hurt by the mean man saying genocide bad. Have you tried not supporting genocide? That's been working for me.
I mean, it kind of sounds like the guy called them out of the crowd and incited a mob against them.
You're not going to encourage a cease fire by targeting random Jewish people in the audience of a comedy show.
Based on the article he called them out after they didn't show support for Palestine at the end of the show. The comedian also is from Belfast which explains why he has such a strong opinion on this.
I would hope that any Israeli citizen is against the genocide that their government is doing and would show support to stop people being killed. If they disagree publicly in an open place like this I'd expect them to be called out on it.
He called them out because they're supporting genocide. That's a very valid thing to call someone out for, crowd or no crowd.
No he called them out because they remained seated. He asked them if they were Israeli, they said yes, then he told them to leave (which he can't do to paying customers) and set the crowd against them. Their views on genocide or Israel's actions weren't even determined, it was just the fact they were Israeli and didn't give him a standing ovation.
I think the overwhelming majority of audience members who stood in solidarity with palestine would disagree.
Fuck anyone who demands I stand up and applaud any part of their act
One man, who attended the show with his wife and friends, told the BBC the incident happened about five minutes from the end of Mr Currie's show after the comedian had unveiled both a Ukrainian and Palestinian flag in front of the 200-strong audience.
"He started waving it around and some audience members stood up - he encouraged a standing ovation," said the man, who wished to remain anonymous.
Kinda weird for a comedy show
Just how eager are these people to strip the word antisemite out of all meaning?
What a pissweak case of virtue signalling by the comedian
As much as I support the Palestinian cause, and abhor the Israeli government, I'd feel really uncomfortable in an audience where I was being asked / told to give a standing ovation to flags. Particularly as he also threw the Ukrainian flag in there. Just because someone supports one, they might not support the other. And just because sometimes supports a nation of civilians in a conflict, doesn't mean they'd support the government represented by the state. I don't think anyone deserved abuse for not being coerced into doing something they didn't want to do. I just really hate being told what to do though.
So sick of these Zionist Karens trying to muzzle free speech
This had the potential to get out of hand and it did. Shutting this down.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A London theatre has apologised after an incident at a comedy gig left Jewish audience members feeling "unsafe" and "threatened".
On his Instagram page, he recently posted footage from a pro-Palestine rally, which appeared to have been uploaded at lunchtime on Saturday, before the performance in question.
He had unveiled the Ukrainian and Palestinian flags at the conclusion of the show on at least one of the previous nights, also encouraging the audience to shout "Free Palestine" on that occasion.
One audience member who attended Saturday's show, who also did not wish to be named, told the BBC the incident was "shocking" but that his impression was Mr Currie was making a "political point" about the conflict in Gaza.
"What the Jewish audience members have recounted is atrocious, and we are working with them and our lawyers to ensure that those who instigated and enabled it are held to account," the organisation said in a statement.
"Comedians are rightly given broad latitude, but hounding Jews out of theatres is reminiscent of humanity's darkest days, and must have no place in central London in 2024."
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