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12-06-2016 12:31 PM |
Adult Swim Cuts Ties With Racist 'Alt-Right' Show, 'Million Dollar Extreme'
First sign of alt-white backlash?
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Adult Swim Cancels Its “Alt-Right” Show ‘Million Dollar Extreme’ - Splitsider
According to one source with knowledge of the network?s operations, it?s likely that Lazzo is already aware of the show?s solicitations of the alt-right. The same source said that the Adult Swim standards department repeatedly found coded racist messages in the show, including swastikas, which were removed ahead of broadcast. None of this was enough, according to one of the sources, to convince Lazzo not to air the show.
Three weeks after Brett Gelman announced that he was severing ties with Adult Swim due to their treatment of women and their promotion of the ?alt-right? comedians and fans behind their new show Million Dollar Extreme, the network has finally responded in the form of a cancellation, confirming with us that the show ? which aired its six-episode debut season over the summer ? will not return for another season.
Prior to the cancellation, Buzzfeed spoke with some Adult Swim staffers last month who claimed that many insiders at the network have been lobbying to get the show off the air
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