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James Acaster On The Absurdity Of The British Empire

James Acaster On The Absurdity Of The British Empire

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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.

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abeppu · 2022-09 · joke

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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suoduandao3 · 2024-02 · joke

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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virtualritz · 2024-10 · joke

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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