The actor and comedian Thomas Ngijol violently replied to the anonymous youtubeur CopyComic, who pinned it in a video showing parallels between some of his sketches and American stand-up figures, reviving the debate on plagiarism in humor .
"More than inspiration, I call it 'culture'"
In a long post on Instagram, the comic of the Jamel Comedy Club has responded and belittled the youtubeur, known for highlighting the not always brilliant practices of the stand-up, via videos posted on his account. His attacks included Tomer Sisley, Jamel Debbouze, Michael Youn and Gad Elmaleh, who finally admitted to a "real" after months in turmoil. "More than inspiration, I call it 'culture'," replied Thomas Ngijol, late Monday night, seeing in the operating mode of CopyComic the reflection "drifts of the net".
"I am a child who has sailed a lot between French culture and American culture," he says before answering point by point, resuming each excerpt of his shows on which focuses CopyComic, bringing them closer to sketches of other American stand-up figures like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy or Chris Rock. "Try to reduce my work to your rotten montage, bad idea ...", writes the comedian, before launching some insults. He also criticizes CopyComic's editing for showing only excerpts where he is inspired by black comedians.
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Never wake up a sleeping lion ... CopyComic Do you want to dethrone the Duke !? Bad idea ... ♂️⚒
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"I am publicly appreciative of the work of Ricky Gervais or Eddy Izzard. 'Remates' well one of my two shows, there are two hidden references to each of them," he says to the youtubeur. Behind the CopyComic avatar, lies Ben, a user who says rely on his memory, his DVD and YouTube to pin the alleged authors of plagiarism.
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"Every spectator has the right to know what he pays for when he buys a theater between 17 and 65 euros, or a DVD at 30 euros," he said in early 2019 to AFP.