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Originally Posted by setanta

Yep, you could look it that way, but I've always been attracted to comics who really like to push the boat out and take huge risks. After all, comedians and jesters of old always lived on the edge, which gave them license to critique society from the outside, like some free spirited and slightly mad little rascal. And I suppose that audience would have been well aware of the kinda show that Lee usually attempts, seeing as it was such a small gathering.

Lee was pretty much unknown then, though. He is still not that well known now. Nothing wrong with crossing the line but there has to be good reasons, not just ******** on everything popular and the very crowd you should be pleasing for the sake of it.

Look at Bill Hicks. He basically got down on his hands and knees, loved through hate, and essentialy begged his audience to help him make the world a better place and think a bit more. And he was funny as fuck doing it.