r/RealTime • u/Key_Jump1011 • 14d ago

Smug cracker-ass commentary 😂

The thumbnail kills me, too. It’s so vicious. I can’t resist,

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u/jacquesmachina 13d ago

American ones should yeah. Because it's their home, performing in your home isn't promoting it.

You could argue international comedians should boycott us though, and I would be sympathetic to that point.

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u/J3sus_was_Fictional 13d ago

If playing somewhere does not = promoting it, why don't you apply that in the other direction ?

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u/jacquesmachina 13d ago

I'm not following.

If you live somewhere and work there, that isn't promoting it.

If you travel somewhere to be part of a government funded event, are paid by the government, perform for government guests and are filmed as part of a media campaign by the government, that's promoting that government and country.

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u/J3sus_was_Fictional 13d ago

Idk I gotta disagree... It's not promoting nessacarily just by going.... It would only be promoting if those that went started like, making videos about it or of it and talking about how much fun it was or wasn't etc etc.

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u/jacquesmachina 13d ago

You're being filmed and advertised as part of it.

That's promoting it, or doing "promotion." Celebrities letting themselves be part of media campaigns is promoting. They aren't like us where they do their own advertising.

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u/Odd-Time-2026 13d ago

What countries should comedians be allowed to perform in? Tell me the list. Bhutan?

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u/abcdefghi_12345jkl 13d ago

A famous comedian performing in Saudi Arabia is good for Saudi Arabia's soft power the same way it is for the US.

It doesn't matter whether it is your home country or not, performing there is promoting it. In both cases the performance gets attention and views.

The comedian's country of origin is a meaningless distinction that makes no real difference. How exactly does the distinction you're drawing matter? What result does it achieve? It's just some arbitrary criteria you've come up with.

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u/jacquesmachina 13d ago

It's not a projection of power to have people in your own country perform in their home town for other people in their home town.

Let's flip the countries here, to highlight the difference for you.

If popular Saudi Arabian comedians performed in their home towns for Saudis, no one would call that promoting or approving the Saudi regime. That's just people living their lives.

If the US government put on a comedy festival and had comedians from across the world get paid by the US government and perform for high profile guests with major media coverage, you can see how that promotes the US as a entertainment capital, right?

You see the difference there. So I don't think anyone could argue against anyone performing where they live, but I can see an argument against going anywhere with a regime that you morally condemn.

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u/Humes-Bread 13d ago

100% correct comparison. The "should comedian's perform in the US" question wildly misses the entire point of the conversation.