Why Arguments About Free Speech Don’t Apply to the Riyadh Comedy Festival NYT | Top Stories By: Jason Zinoman 10 October 2025 at 01:30 Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia. © Fayez Nureldine/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe festival has led to a cottage industry of stand-ups defending their involvement.
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