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Old 20-01-2010, 02:40 PM #11
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Originally Posted by Judas Iscariot View Post
Don't they always air this or are they doing a redo?

Stewart Lee must be the most overrated thing in the entire universe. I just don't get his style of ripping on completely obvious things like hoodies and Russell Brand and drawing it out with repetition over twenty minuets in a really pedantic manner to appeal to these 'higher minds' who like 'proper comedy'.
Makes a welcome change to the tired observational comedy or one-liner formula that we're normally treated to. I don't think it has anything to do with elitism. It's simply carrying on in the surreal comedy tradition of Peter Cook, Spike Milligan and Python and applying it to stand-up. Admittedly some of Stewart Lee's fans can be real social cliches, but that's always going to happen in the case that a performer or entertainer's lack of mainstream success runs counter to the quality of their material.
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No matter that they act like senile 12-year-olds on the Today programme website - smoking illegal fags to look tough and cool. No matter that Amis coins truly abominable terms like 'the age of horrorism' and when criticised tells people to 'fuck off'. Surely we all chuckle at the strenuous ennui of his salon drawl. Didn't he once accidentally sneer his face off?
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