The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
Documentary following Markus Meechan as he explores London鈥檚 comedy scene to see what stand-ups can get away with and why there鈥檚 a backlash against 鈥榚dgy鈥� humour.
Markus Meechan is a criminal. Guilty of posting a YouTube video judged 鈥済rossly offensive鈥� and containing menacing, anti-Semitic and racist material. He claims the video was a joke. Others claim, Markus is a Nazi. But what does the prosecution of a YouTube comedian mean for freedom of expression 鈥� is a censorious state overstepping the mark? Or are there some things you just shouldn鈥檛 joke about?
BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Dan Murdoch (Britain鈥檚 Forgotten Men; KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy) returns with this documentary following Markus as he explores London鈥檚 comedy scene, to see what stand-ups can get away with, and why there鈥檚 a backlash against 鈥榚dgy鈥� humour. But along the way Markus鈥� own motivations and associations are called into question: is his campaign for freedom of speech really genuine?
