DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Tomorrow, comedian Andrew Schulz's special airs on his website. For those who've never heard of him, you can find a lot of his stuff on Youtube. I think he's one of the best comedians going right now. He's absolutely hilarious. He does a lot of crowd work at his shows, and you have to be super quick witted to do that stuff. He's extremely sharp, and he always finds something current to put in his shows.
Anyway, he had an exclusive deal with a streamer service(he is refusing to name them, but it's been reported it was Amazon). He put together his new special and they told him they refuse to air it unless he cuts out several jokes because they were afraid of the backlash. He said he's not cutting out the jokes, so he ended up buying his special back from the service. He didn't give an exact number, but he stated on a podcast it was for over a million dollars, and cost a major chunk of his life savings to buy it back.
So, I was curious. These fears by companies or networks to hire politically incorrect people or put out politically incorrect or "controversial" media never seem to actually cost them money. It's usually the opposite--when a company fires someone because they said something a tiny % of people found offensive that the real backlash happens. But, as always, I like to be fact driven, so I want to know if anyone can name a company that hired a personality who carried a label of not being PC or a company who released some form of media that people considered not PC, and took a major financial hit. Off the top of my head I can't name one. I think the fears by these companies are not driven by an actual precedent.
Anyway, if anyone wants to support Andrew or are a fan, you can order the special on his website. I hope it has a lot of success and he makes back all the money he lost in doing this and then some.
Anyway, he had an exclusive deal with a streamer service(he is refusing to name them, but it's been reported it was Amazon). He put together his new special and they told him they refuse to air it unless he cuts out several jokes because they were afraid of the backlash. He said he's not cutting out the jokes, so he ended up buying his special back from the service. He didn't give an exact number, but he stated on a podcast it was for over a million dollars, and cost a major chunk of his life savings to buy it back.
So, I was curious. These fears by companies or networks to hire politically incorrect people or put out politically incorrect or "controversial" media never seem to actually cost them money. It's usually the opposite--when a company fires someone because they said something a tiny % of people found offensive that the real backlash happens. But, as always, I like to be fact driven, so I want to know if anyone can name a company that hired a personality who carried a label of not being PC or a company who released some form of media that people considered not PC, and took a major financial hit. Off the top of my head I can't name one. I think the fears by these companies are not driven by an actual precedent.
Anyway, if anyone wants to support Andrew or are a fan, you can order the special on his website. I hope it has a lot of success and he makes back all the money he lost in doing this and then some.
Last edited:
