A comedy festival, unlike the races or wrestling matches the Saudis host, involves a certain amount of free speech. Any comedian going off to perform in Saudi Arabia obviously isn’t especially into free speech. So the Saudi comedy lineup is revealing and it shows what some comics who used to stand for free speech have turned into. Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. Mention the wrong thing in Saudi Arabia and parts of you will be in different bags.