Dylan Moran unworried about being cancelled as he insists 'nothing is killing comedy'

Irish stand-up comedy legend Dylan Moran isn't losing a wink of sleep over any cancellation fears. While a certain sect of fellow comedians in every corner of the world have rallied against so-called cancel culture, with many epousing the belief that 'you can't joke about anything anymore', Dylan vehemently disagrees that there is any woke agenda damaging comedy. In an interview with The Express , the Black Books star answered with a resounding "No!" when asked if he feared being 'cancelled.

' He said: "I do not worry about being cancelled because here I am in vivid, hairy, organic form, in my pyjamas!" Dylan, 53, explained that: "This basket of worries is opt-in. You opt in to the fear. And once you start opting into the basket of fears available in the modern world, you’re finished, my friend.



" Dylan, who has been performing comedy for decades, is far more concerned about the impact of social media and how it has been weaponised to catch people out and affect their lives. The anti-social nature of social media, according to Dylan, is the real danger as it has dramatically changed how people interact with one another. "This cancel question is an accelerated form of those old charges that were usually brought out against politicians or major figures," he continued.

"But now the grapevine has been weaponised, so you can booby-trap it and mess up anybody. That is a sad aspect of the way we live. We’re constantly taking each other down and sniping at each other online.

"People are freaking the hell out on the net, saying all kinds of things to one another that they wouldn’t dream of saying to one another in a room." He added: "It is not controversial to say that our concentration is not what it used to be." Last year, Dylan was artist in residence at the Galway Comedy Festival and he has embarked with more focus on a career in art but he insists it is not a new fad or attempt to make headlines as he reckons he has drawn or painted every day since he was a young child.

But he is adamant that all forms of art, whether it be painting or comedy, are not falling victim to any form of wokeism. "I don’t care about any of it. Nothing is killing comedy.

Nothing is killing the novel. Nothing is killing music," he said. "It’s just that human beings are reacting differently to things that have been around forever.

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