Though generally well received, Guy Nantel’s latest show, titled If I understand correctly you say …it was far from pleasing the newspaper critic The duty Christian Saint-Pierre, which the comedian accepts, but asks, however, to show impartiality.
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This is the message sent by the comedian to the microphone of Sophie Durocher, on the QUB radio. According to him, it is clear that the chronicle to be published was written in advance.
Recall that Mr. Nantel is called “racist, homophobic, transphobic sexist, class and age” by the critic. He charges that he vehemently denies. According to him, Monsieur Saint-Pierre pretends not to understand.
“It is the Taliban spirit that rejects any form of entertainment. For them the word have a good timeit means deviate from good“He said.
Guy Nantel is clear: for him this column is the perfect example of the culture of cancellation. He admits that his character on stage is stupid and mean, but he thinks you have to be malicious to not understand that it is an artistic creation.
He is convinced that Mr. Saint-Pierre’s type of speech must be denounced to prevent the further spread of a phenomenon of censorship that could cost our societies much more.
