Norm Dworman Schools Seattle Comedy Club on Free Speech

Give the duo in charge of Seattle’s Capitol Hill Comedy Bar credit.

Jes Anderson and Dane Hesseldahl appeared on “Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table” this week to defend their decision to “un-book” four comedians.

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The show is co-hosted by Noam Dworman, owner of New York’s Comedy Cellar and a staunch free speech advocate.

Anderson and Hesseldahl should have known Dworman would be tough on them, and he was. In the process. the podcaster revealed plenty about the situation and showed the two have plenty to learn about free speech and comic history.

Ed Morrissey

They seemed to go into this unprepared, at least by Christian's reporting. Dworman ended up sympathizing with them a little by the end about being trapped by their ultra-progressive customer base. But as he challenged them, they chose the business of free expression. Their decision to cancel these bookings based on public pressure (and as they admit, no specific offense) is a betrayal of that industry. They should find a safer place in corporate America. 

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