Scott Thompson gained’t be confused with MAGA anytime quickly.
The Canadian comedian spent a part of a current interview excoriating President Donald Trump for his “51st State” jabs at his native Canada.
Regardless that, Thompson admits, Trump has some factors in his Canuck critique.
The “Youngsters within the Corridor” alum nonetheless saved loads of venom for an additional goal, one which’s surprising given his political leanings.
GLAAD – The Homosexual and Lesbian Alliance Towards Defamation.
Thompson targets the group in his new, one-man particular, “The Final Glory Gap,” that includes his outrageous Buddy Cole character. He teased his rationale throughout a chat with Metro Weekly final month. It stems from the comedian’s 2022 “Youngsters within the Corridor” reunion collection.
The Prime Video present got here and went with out incident, however that wasn’t the case behind the scenes.
Removed from it.
He says the censorship battle his comedy mates confronted was “in all probability the worst we’ve ever encountered, ever,” within the Metro Weekly interview.
To his shock, the censors all hailed from the cultural Left. Extra particularly? GLAAD.
“I believe they need to be eradicated.”
Thompson says GLAAD and Amazon tag-teamed towards his fellow “Youngsters,” making them take away 14 sketches from the proposed collection. Roughly half of these moments featured Buddy Cole.
“They wouldn’t permit Buddy Cole to be within the collection. All the pieces I did was rejected — I had seven monologues rejected!”
“The reality is Amazon was a really troublesome expertise,” he says. “It in all probability, for me, was the worst expertise I’ve ever been by way of in present enterprise. And I used to be so indignant at what was occurring that I needed to wait a variety of years earlier than that anger grew to become comedy.”
Fellow comic Andrew Schulz pulled his standup particular “Notorious” from Prime Video for related, censorious causes.
Right here’s how the CBC describes Thompson’s long-running character.
Buddy Cole is a self proclaimed “actor, singer, dancer, mannequin… Canadian” and a eager observer, no nonsense monologist who addresses stereotypes, tells outrageous tales and shares his intriguing life experiences — all of the whereas poking enjoyable at every thing and everybody together with his personal sexuality and the homosexual neighborhood.
Thompson mentioned it took time for him to course of the censorship struggle and discover the humorous inside the battle. That helped gasoline his present, one-man showcase.
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The comedian actor says censorship as soon as got here from right-leaning voices. Now, the other is the case. He says the Prime Video revival would have precipitated a kerfuffle had the present saved the censored materials, however he welcomed the potential blowback.
“That will’ve allowed us to achieve the younger technology, which we wished, however we have been handicapped by the censorship. They kneecapped us in order that that would not occur. And that makes me unhappy, as a result of we’d’ve negotiated it correctly.”
Now, Thompson’s followers can be taught extra concerning the behind-the-scenes battles through his comedy showcase.
Thompson just lately defined the character’s lack of political leanings to a CBC interviewer. In doing so, he doubtless shared his comedic philosophy.
Buddy Cole, he’s no matter he thinks. He’s a person. He’s a human being. He’s not a trigger. Whenever you’re an excessive amount of right into a trigger meaning you’re not gonna make enjoyable of the individuals round you and you must. That’s why I don’t be a part of something, as a result of if I be a part of then I’ll wanna make enjoyable of them. They don’t need me. No person desires me. When a bunch desires me, I’m going, ‘Why would you need me, I’ll simply f*** issues up.’ You want me in comedy and that’s it. You don’t want me in any group.