James Acaster On The Absurdity Of The British Empire
Still Watching NetflixCited 3× on HN, 2022-2024
8.1M views · 6 years ago · comedy · evergreen
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.
HN cites it jokingly in threads about repatriating stolen artifacts and the British Museum.
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3 comments from Hacker News
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: ▶ this video
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: ▶ this video
James Acaster does a great job highlighting the absurdity of the British refusing to repatriate stuff taken from the empire. ▶ this video