Brand Special off Par+

[Mark Jeffries]

"Russell Brand in New York" has been pulled off the streamer--interestingly, some other Brand specials have not been touched by Netflix yet (along with "House of Cards," Louis C.K. specials and that Dave Chappelle show--and I guess Ted Sarantos' answer to that would be "FREE SPEECH!"):

https://www.thewrap.com/russell-brand-special-pulled-paramount-plus/

[Kevin M.]

Listening to this week’s Pod Save the UK podcast, apparently Brand’s behavior was known for years, but complaints would be responded with letters by Brand’s lawyer demanding silence or a lawsuit. His actions were enabled, and there needs to be a reckoning for those doing the enabling. 

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 7:08 AM Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:

"Russell Brand in New York" has been pulled off the streamer--interestingly, some other Brand specials have not been touched by Netflix yet (along with "House of Cards," Louis C.K. specials and that Dave Chappelle show--and I guess Ted Sarantos' answer to that would be "FREE SPEECH!"):

https://www.thewrap.com/russell-brand-special-pulled-paramount-plus/

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[Adam Bowie]

From what I understand, various people have been trying to get this story "across the line" for years now, but they needed cast-iron proof and some victims to cooperate with whatever proof they could provide. To misquote they Ben Bradlee line that came up here recently, they did not have it. 

I'm sure a lot of people had hearsay knowledge of his behaviour, but just because someone has told me that another person is a sexual predator, that's not enough on its own.

That obviously works both ways. It does allow some predators to escape, but it also prevents potentially malicious behaviour of people making untruthful claims of others.

The comedian Kathryn Ryan is said to have called Brand a sexual predator in a sequence on the UK version of Comedy Central's Roast Battle. Reporting on Deadline suggests that he didn't like this and other elements of his "roasting" and that was in part why he wasn't a judge in future seasons. Ryan alluded to all of this in a podcast with Louis Theroux without naming either the person she was talking about or the show that she was on: https://deadline.com/2023/09/russell-brand-roast-battle-uk-katherine-ryan-1235549112/

As for pulling programmes off services, there's an interesting balance here. I think I would personally remove his specials and episode appearances. 

But he's not yet been found guilty of any offences yet. Indeed he has yet to be arrested or charged with anything as far as I know. Yet the 90 minute documentary that aired on Channel 4 in the UK last weekend made a pretty compelling case, but that's obviously not enough on its own.

Adam

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