Steve Watson
June 9, 2021
-Summit News
A British comedian has spoken out after he was turned down for a gig based on his race, sexuality and gender.
Nick Dixon, who has toured the UK comedy circuit extensively and had success as a movie writer, says that a comedy club operator informed a fan of Dixon’s that he wouldn’t be booking the comedian because he was a “white straight able-bodied male”.
The club owner told the fan “I kind of have a million billion really good white, straight able-bodied male comedians I can call upon. I’m trying to find more of the opposite.”
The message continued, “When I say the opposite I don’t necessarily mean a black gay woman in a wheelchair, but I’ve seen how hard it is for female acts, black acts etc to get on good bills.”
Someone recommended me for a gig and received this.
Nothing new of course, but I’m looking forward to a day when I am judged only on the content of my character. Or just the content of my content. pic.twitter.com/zRkvM06jqd
— Nick Dixon (@nickdixoncomic) June 2, 2021
This is not an isolated incident where comedy clubs are concerned.
Dixon says that such discrimination is happening to every white comedian in the country, but many are afraid to speak up.
“This has happened to basically every straight white comedian I know,” Dixon stated, adding “Whether it’s live or TV work, everyone this happens to feels it’s wrong, though they might not admit it publicly.”
He continued “Even right-on left-wing comedians will express anger about it in private…But if you asked them to give up their place on a TV panel show for a person of colour it would be a different story.”
“I just want a meritocracy because that’s better for everyone. Where you have a meritocracy, diversity happens naturally. Look at football, for example,” Dixon explained, noting that comedy shows should be made up of “just the funniest people.”
“These cack-handed attempts at social engineering don’t help anyone. I don’t believe it is necessary to do this in comedy,” Dixon urged.
The comedian has previously warned about comedy going ‘woke’, and the detrimental effects it has on the art form, claiming that the aim of woke comedy “is not to make us laugh, but to lecture us about what we should believe.
Wrote a piece about woke BBC comedy. Just in case there are any comedy industry bridges I haven’t burned yet… https://t.co/BFlK5Dj6gE pic.twitter.com/ZYpPiGh5PI
— Nick Dixon (@nickdixoncomic) June 3, 2021
As a lockdown sceptic, comedian Nick Dixon says he has got used to being "a lonely figure" in the comedy industry.
"The comedy community is very woke, you're allowed one strict view and I don't have that view… you're definitely going to lose TV work".@mrmarkdolan pic.twitter.com/glW4IGdbKH
— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) April 23, 2021
Dixon isn’t alone in lamenting the death of comedy at the hands of wokeness. Others including Rowan Atkinson, Ricky Gervais, John Cleese, Joe Rogan, Adam Carolla, Bill Burr, and Dave Chappelle have all issued similar warnings.
Cancel culture has seen some comedians self-censoring in order to appease the mob:
Great bit by @awilliamscomedy on how comedians play it safe to shield their careers from the outrage mob.
FULL: https://t.co/71OKHn6RB1 pic.twitter.com/oGk9TbdzdM
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) April 26, 2019
The ultimate irony is that leftist comedians are quick to cry ‘cancel culture’ when their own bland drivel is rejected.
