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James Acaster On The Absurdity Of The British Empire

Still Watching Netflix · 8.1M views · 2019-11-12 · 3:43

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Overview

A short stand-up clip from James Acaster's Netflix special about the British Empire and museums that display things taken from other countries in glass boxes.

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HN cites it jokingly in threads about repatriating stolen artifacts and the British Museum.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2022–2024

Topics

Stand-up & sketch comedy
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james acasterstand-upbritish empiremuseumsrepatriation

What people said

virtualritz · 2024-10 · Joke / meme

There is a great comedy sketch from James Acaster that sums up the situation in- and the stance most other Western countries take on this, unfortunately: [VIDEO]

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suoduandao3 · 2024-02 · Joke / meme

If the Museum originally got it from someone who stole it from somewhere else, there's a reasonable argument to be made. James Acaster's comedy bit on the british museum comes to mind: [VIDEO]

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abeppu · 2022-09 · Joke / meme

James Acaster does a great job highlighting the absurdity of the British refusing to repatriate stuff taken from the empire. [VIDEO]

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Video by Still Watching Netflix, played through YouTube.

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