How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571254811 (0571254810)
Publish date: 2010
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 394
Edition language: English
The Goodreads Censorship Fiasco of 2013 has got a lot of people considering works by Adolph Hitler, convicted sex offenders, and flagrant P2P artists. I have found myself repeatedly thinking of a particular routine from 90s stand-up comedian Stewart Lee. If you don't know Lee, his style is not easy ...
Stewart Lee can remember a time (in the 1980s, fact fans) when comedy was genuinely "alternative", subversive and had a radical agenda. It's true I tell you. Small comedy clubs in the back rooms of pubs where the likes of Harry Hill, Simon Munnery, Jo Brand, Ian Cognito, Mark Steele and many, many...
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