Amid all the talk about the “cancel culture” in America, there is one special form of it – the outrage that arises when a pop or comedy performer says something untoward.

I should put the word “outrage” in quotes, however, because what we’re really talking about is what Jon Stewart calls the “right-wing faux outrage machine”, led of course by Fox News and the country’s toxic talk radio network.

After a low-brow, even callous crack by a member of a comedy rock duo Tenacious D in Sydney last weekend, we might be able to have a ringside seat as it unfolds in real time in the coming days.

Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D on stage in 2022.Credit:........

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