People have been charged in recent years in France for similiar "humour", and it's not like it's the first time either that Von Trier "loses it" and act like a complete idiot, or a child-king given too much attention. It's like you just have to point cameras on him for Von Trier to say something out-of-place or provocative out of the blue, that has nothing to do with cinéma, beside..

The Festival just killed it in the bud before a controversy started around the fact they let it slide (and we have no idea of the amount of grief and complaints they got yesterday for this press conference from anti-hatred groups, Jewish groups and offended participants. I don't imagine the "jokes" sit too well with all the Jewish directors and producers and distributors from all over the world present at the Cannes festival or the even more important movie market). There are massive amounts on money at stakes in Cannes, they need their media coverage focussed on the films, not on a iditiotic director highjacking attention with a stupid scandal. Von Trier is responsible for his "jokes" and his cinéma is not an excuse, not for the first time he embarassed the Festival. He just got what he deserved.