Scott Capurro Posted Fri Aug 11 00:04:38 BST 2000 by Helen

Has anyone else heard anything about Scott Capurro's Edinburgh show?
I was listening to Virgin Radio this morning, and on the news they mentioned that people had been leaving mid-set, in tears, because he'd been making jokes about the Holocaust. He apparently justified this by saying that it was ok to laugh at "blacks and gays", so why not? (Not entirely sure of the accuracy of that bit, but it was something along similar lines). What the news report didn't do, however, was to give any idea as to the context, or content, of the jokes, and I've not seen or heard anything about it since.
Was it a case of audience members over-reacting, and/or not getting the joke, or was he genuinely incredibly offensive? I'd really like to know, as I've quite enjoyed most of what I've seen of him on TV.
Hope someone can help.

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Posted By Jon on Fri Aug 11 08:14:09 BST 2000:

I saw a fanzine interview with him from '98, in which he says that when he was playing in Amsterdam he did a routine about Anne Frank. Apparently the point was that Frank was betrayed by ordinary people, just like you there in the audience... I've never seen him myself so I don't know anymore.

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Posted By Terrence Higgins on Sat Aug 12 16:17:33 BST 2000:

I'm trying to remember this from Page 5 of the Guardian the other day: Capurro was talking about the censorship of Ian Stone's show 'A Little Piece of K***'; the Fringe people had apparently declared that the word kike could offend the comedy-going public (in fact of course the only words the public really shouldn't have to see are Ian and Stone). Capurro did a bit about how you can talk about blacks and 'gays like him', but not Jews. The pay-off line was something like "Holocaust Schmolocaust, can't they find something else to whine about?" At which point some people walked out, a man in the audience told Capurro he wasn't funny, to which young Scotty replied "I hope you die of AIDS"( Scott Capurro is like Noel Gallagher on amyl nitrate...), and just to make the Perrier nomination even safer, a 15 year old girl started to cry. The article then had quotes from both Capurro ('I am an iconoclast') and Stone (can't really remember, something like 'I am atrocious'), before talking a bit about the Anne Frank stuff from the past...

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Posted By Helen on Sat Aug 12 17:22:15 BST 2000:

Thank you for clearing that up. I was beginning to think I'd imagined the news story-it was early in the morning & I'd only just woken up. At least I know I'm not having delusions. Not sure that I like Scott Capurro very much any more though.

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Posted By Helen on Sat Aug 12 17:23:29 BST 2000:

Thank you for clearing that up. I was beginning to think I'd imagined the news story-it was early in the morning & I'd only just woken up. At least I know I'm not having delusions. Not sure that I like Scott Capurro very much any more though.

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Posted By Helen on Sat Aug 12 22:22:09 BST 2000:

Sorry about posting that twice, but it didn't seem to work first time.
Arse.

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Posted By kinder surprise on Sun Aug 13 15:35:08 BST 2000:

Capurro is pretty harmless. He just like to put himself out to make sure everyone is entertained.

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