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Eugene

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Fri Feb 4, 2022, 07:40 PM Feb 2022

Jimmy Carr sparks fury with Holocaust routine in Netflix special

Source: BBC

Jimmy Carr sparks fury with Holocaust routine in Netflix special

4 January 2022

Comedian Jimmy Carr has sparked outrage for a routine about the Holocaust in his latest Netflix stand-up special.

Carr has been described as "truly disturbing" for making light of the murders of hundreds of thousands of people from Europe's traveller communities during World War Two.

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust said it was "absolutely appalled".

Netflix, which has been urged to remove the special, declined to comment. Carr has also not commented.

Carr's programme, titled His Dark Material, was released on the streaming platform on Christmas Day, and he introduced part of his routine as being "a career ender".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60261876

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