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Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia.

Jason Zinoman
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Comedy and Humor, Dillon, Tim (1985- ), Freedom of Speech and Expression, Khashoggi, Jamal, Okatsuka, Atsuko, Saudi Arabia
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