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This isn't just an event in Saudi Arabia, it's an event run by the Saudi government, with the specific purpose of making them seem more normal and likeable, and less like the horrific autocratic tyrants that they are.
So no, your comparison between this and comedians working in the US does not apply. A more apt comparison would be between working this event and working Trump's inauguration, something that a huge number of artists declined for exactly the same reasons that these comedians all should have declined to work this event.
Yes one could argue that performing at this festival would show more direct support for the Saudi government because of that.
Those that have performed for the Trump administration have received some ire. Perhaps not to this level. Which brings us back to the my team vs your team arbitrary tribal culture war level thinking which many uniformed fall into.
The human rights record of the US government is not exactly stellar, particularly on a global scale.
In my view if you do work at a venue that pays taxes in the US (which is everywhere) you are financially supporting the government via those payments. In other words, you are indirectly funding the worst genocide we've seen so far in the 21st century.
I doubt anything Saudi has done recently comes close to that scale.
American media is currently whitewashing all aspects of the genocide its government is funding including protests in Italy. By this argument, we should be boycotting American media companies and any comedians who have their content distributed through them if we are being morally consistent.