The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
Documentary following Markus Meechan as he explores Londonβs comedy scene to see what stand-ups can get away with and why thereβs a backlash against βedgyβ humour.
Markus Meechan is a criminal. Guilty of posting a YouTube video judged βgrossly offensiveβ and containing menacing, anti-Semitic and racist material. He claims the video was a joke. Others claim, Markus is a Nazi. But what does the prosecution of a YouTube comedian mean for freedom of expression β is a censorious state overstepping the mark? Or are there some things you just shouldnβt joke about?
BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Dan Murdoch (Britainβs Forgotten Men; KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy) returns with this documentary following Markus as he explores Londonβs comedy scene, to see what stand-ups can get away with, and why thereβs a backlash against βedgyβ humour. But along the way Markusβ own motivations and associations are called into question: is his campaign for freedom of speech really genuine?
