Comedian has his Netflix deal cancelled for a Holocaust joke

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A stand-up comedian has had his lucrative comedy special deal with Netflix come unstuck after it was deemed too offensive. 

Australian comedian Isaac Butterfield was slammed after a performance at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on April 11 in which he made jokes about millions of Jews being killed in the Holocaust.   

After the show, a Jewish woman, who was part of the audience, emailed him to express her concern at the jokes, to which he replied, 'if you can't stand the heat get out of the oven.' 

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The email from the woman, who did not wish to be named, to Mr Butterfield read in part, 'Sitting there hearing about Jews being gassed, eight million perished including

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