1. La primacía del dinero sobre la moral.
La reacción generalizada en redes sociales y medios de comunicación se centró en la codicia de los artistas, muchos de los cuales ya son millonarios, que aceptaron pagos exorbitantes, demostrando que el dinero es su máxima prioridad, incluso por encima de las consideraciones éticas.
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- Damn every comic who sold their soul for saudi blood money all these sell-outs can go to hell.
- Money must be tight if all these you cant say anything anymore comics of yesteryear are agreeing to not speak about saudi human rights abuses.
- If this riyadh comedy fest have truly taught me anything, its that people, even those you thought were better expected more from, are willing to choose money over ethics.
- At the end of the day, i suppose money is the one true god, isnt it?
2. Críticas a comediantes específicos.
Figuras como Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle y Pete Davidson recibieron críticas intensas por su participación. Davidson fue señalado por aceptar dinero de un régimen vinculado al 11-S, evento en el que murió su padre, mientras que Burr fue acusado de hipocresía por sus críticas pasadas a la avaricia corporativa.
- I hope every comedian that sold out to get paid by saudi blood money gets ripped when they go on stage. I am looking at you bill burr you hypocrite.
- Youve got bill burr, mr. Working man, saying doing comedy in saudi arabia is a top 3 experience, even pete davidson, whos dad died at 911 taking saudi money.
- Dave chappelle and all of the rest of the comedians who performed for the saudis just go to show that there isnt much that people wont do if you give them enough money.
- Pete davidson taking money from saudi arabia is like if i took a fat paycheck to promote a pro-frontotemporal dementia organization.
- I hope bill burr loses tens of millions of dollars or more for taking saudi blood money! i hope he loses millions of fans around the world due to it.
3. El contexto de los abusos a los derechos humanos.
La indignación se fundamentó en que el dinero provenía directamente de la realeza saudí, vinculada al asesinato del periodista Jamal Khashoggi y a los ataques del 11 de septiembre, lo que llevó a que el pago fuera denominado consistentemente "dinero de sangre" (blood money).
- I hope every one of those comedians get heckled mercilessly for accepting saudi blood money. Their hands will never wash clean.
- These comedians seemed to forget saudi aurabi 1. Supported 911 terrorists, 2. Had journalist murdered. I guess money does to comedians what it did to golf.
- The guy who ordered the hit on jamal khashoggi is the one paying for this comedy festival in riyadh, so everlasting shame on any comic who takes this blood money.
- Pete davidson said the reason he was going to the saudi festival even tho his dad died on 911 is that theyre paying him a lot of money. Thats a new level for me.
- I find kinda funny, i find it kinda sad, pete davidson took money from the guys who killed his dad. Riyadhcomedyfestival.
4. Hipocresía y censura de la "libertad de expresión".
Muchos de los comediantes que se autoproclaman defensores de la "libertad de expresión" en Occidente aceptaron contratos con restricciones explícitas sobre los temas que podían abordar en Arabia Saudita, incluyendo críticas a la familia real o la religión, exponiendo una doble moral.
- What were learning from the riyadh comedy festival is that a bunch of comedians actually dont mind suppression of their free speech if someone gives them a big bag of money.
- Fuck you, dave. You had to sign a contract that told you what you could say couldnt say stay in saudi arabia.
- Lots of free speech comics taking huge money to perform in saudi arabia on anniversary of kashoghis brutal bone saw murder. They cant say anything to degrade, defame, or bring into public disrepute, contempt, scandal, embarrassment, or ridicule the country, its royal family or any religion.
- The funny part is most of them are free speech activists, but in riyadh they have agreed not do jokes about certain subjects. Money silenced their free speech.
- The comedians who took saudi money to perform at riyadh comedy festival, any material critical of saudi royal family was forbidden.