With Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival kicking off this weekend, Atsuko Okatsuka has revealed some of the event's strict terms.

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[–] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

The participant list is greater than what I've seen listed here and other posts. Wikipedia lists them but here they are as of 9/28.

Participants:

Aziz Ansari

Hannibal Buress

Bill Burr

Jimmy Carr

Dave Chappelle

Louis C.K.

Whitney Cummings

Pete Davidson

Christ Distefano

Omid Djalili

Zarna Garg

Kevin Hart (edit/spelling)

Gabriel Iglesias

Jim Jefferies

Jimeoin

Maz Jobrani

Jessica Kirson

Jo Koy

Bobby Lee

Sebastian Maniscalco

Sam Morril

Mark Normand

Nimesh Patel

Russell Peters

Jeff Ross

Andrew Santino

Andrew Schulz

Tom Segura

Jack Whitehall

Ali Siddiq

Ben Hart

Aries Spears

Mo Amer

Wayne Brady

The short list of who have declined shows as: Shane Gillis, Stavros Halkias, and Atsuko Okatsuka. Tim Dillon was intending to participate but was removed due to previously made jokes.

Marc Maron, Shane Gillis, Gianmarco Soresi, and Zack Woods have criticized the event and the performers.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Do we think any of these people are going to just ignore the rules anyway?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    It would be neat if they did, but what are the chances? They still would have to get back home.

    Remember, this is being organized by MBS. He's the one responsible for making Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist who was critical of MBS disappear by dismemberment in 2018.

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