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Oct 5, 2022 · Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in...
Angus Deayton traces the development of a new wave of British comedy. After years of sedate, "safe" comedy, TV humour took on a sharper, sometimes harsher ed...
Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that began in 1979 and continues to influence contemporary stand-up comedy.
Alternative comedy came to describe an approach to stand-up comedy that was neither racist nor sexist, defining itself against more traditional comedians playing the Northern working men's clubs who often relied on jokes targeting women and minorities in a form of comedy "civil war".
Oct 6, 2022 · This chapter takes the form of a timeline that charts the development of alternative comedy from its precursors in 1960s and 1970s fringe theatre, to its beginnings in 1979–1980 with the opening of the Comedy Store in Soho, London, and the formation of Alternative Cabaret and the Comic Strip.
- Oliver Double
- o.j.double@kent.ac.uk
This book examines the context, performances and reception of alternative comedy in order to provide a holistic approach to examining the artistic and socio-political impact of alternative comedy from its historical roots through to present day performances.
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Apr 16, 2020 · In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and politics of British stand-up. Contemporary critics talked...
