In July, Shane Gillis made comedy history, selling more than 77,000 tickets and setting records for the largest audience for a comedian and the most tickets sold for a solo stand-up act. The achievement put him past names like Kevin Hart, Steve Martin, and German stand-up Mario Barth.
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It also came just seven years after cancel culture nearly killed his career.
Shane Gillis did not beat cancel culture by becoming less offensive. He beat it by becoming too successful to cancel.
