The Anti-Woke Comedy Revolution - Ben Bankas
The Winston Marshall Show
Winston Marshall
4.8 • 657 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Get a better way to stay informed at https://ground.news/winston and see through biased media. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access. In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with Canadian comedian Ben Bankas for a sharp and chaotic conversation on free speech, cancel culture, comedy, and why Canada’s political culture has become increasingly authoritarian.We discuss Ben’s rise through the Canadian comedy scene, from performing illegal park shows during COVID to selling out clubs across North America, despite attempts by woke comics and activists to shut him down. Bankas explains why offensive comedy still works, why audiences are tired of censorship, and why so much modern comedy has become sterile, political, and afraid of its own shadow....-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our show is independently supported by you, consider signing up to our substack to get added benefits like ad-free and extended episodes here: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/
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| 0:00.0 | Do you remember your first Asian gag? |
| 0:02.1 | Something about my dog being Chinese, the Shih Tzu, and the Chinese people coming up going, |
| 0:06.7 | oh, so cute, what for ever. |
| 0:09.1 | That was probably... |
| 0:10.6 | Tony Hinchliff got canceled. |
| 0:12.7 | Shane Gillis got canceled for an Asian joke. |
| 0:14.8 | You come along. |
| 0:15.6 | I've had Chinese people with thick accents come up to me after the show being like, |
| 0:19.0 | please keep doing a free speech. |
| 0:22.6 | But like, |
| 0:23.3 | it's true. |
| 0:24.1 | For them, |
| 0:24.9 | they can't do certain things. |
| 0:26.6 | Why is it that it's got so sort of stiff and stale and woke, |
| 0:30.2 | as you say? |
| 0:30.8 | The people who want to do woke comedy are not even worried about making people laugh. |
| 0:37.0 | The mothership scene comes up in response to that. It's like, say the most offensive thing. And some of the woke comics started calling the police to try to get the show's canceled. The resentment should be towards the elites who have not seen the obvious problem that when you bring in that many people that quickly, they will not integrate. And that's who the liberals are protecting. They're protecting the people who don't have to do any paperwork, don't have to get a visa, don't have to get a green card or whatever. Like, what are they standing up for? Somali and illegal immigrants that do fraud? Ben Bankers, great to speak to you. How are you? I've been a big fan for a long time, as I've been telling you. |
| 1:11.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:11.4 | Before we started rolling, I think your Asian jokes have been crucial and fundamental in my relationship with my Asian fiancern. |
| 1:22.4 | But I do actually want to ask you about that, right? |
| 1:24.8 | Because Tony Hinchlff got cancelled in May |
| 1:29.4 | 2021 for an Asian joke. Shane Gillis got cancelled in, what, September 2019 from S&L for an Asian joke. |
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