Subhead:Ezra Levant reviews a CBC panel’s attempts at criticizing conservative comedian Ben Bankas over his provocative form of humour.#
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On a recent CBC panel, three self-proclaimed comedians spent 15 minutes critiquing conservative comedian Ben Bankas’s brand of humour.
Bankas is a Canadian success story, selling out shows not only here but also making a name for himself in the United States like so many others. Getting his start in Toronto, he featured in a September 2020 Rebel News report amid COVID-19 hysteria. At the time, Bankas was attempting to host outdoor comedy shows as a way to provide joy to those struggling under Ontario’s oppressive public health lockdowns.
His form of unfiltered, provocative comedy can offend, but his style also provokes laughter through risk and challenges authority.
On Thursday’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Ezra broke down the CBC segment, calling it “15-minutes of CBC talking about comedy they never even saw.”
Occasionally, Ezra noted, “part of comedy is laughing at dark things,” in response to the critics’ complaints about Bankas joking about the tragic car ramming attack during a Vancouver Filipino festival.
One panellist shared an anecdote from a friend, who apparently attended one of Bankas’s shows, detailing how an audience member yelled out “kill them all” after the joke. “I just don’t believe that happened,” Ezra retorted, describing the story as “oddly specific” and likening it to Jussie Smollett’s false lynching accusations.
“I simply don’t believe it, but that’s how you fight against conservatives if you’re with the CBC,” Ezra stated.
