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The collection examines the contexts, performances and reception of alternative comedy in order to provide a holistic approach to examining the socio-political impact and significance of alternative comedy from its historical roots through to present day performances.
This article offers a history of British alternative comedy as a case study of political challenge and opposition in the 1980s and considers the role of humor in political campaigning more...
Jan 3, 2014 · This article details the importance of the group, its techniques and the lasting influence of character-led sketch and ‘imrov’ comedy that shaped a distinctive brand of ‘alternative comedy’ in the 1970s and 1980s and that would soon dominate the comedy mainstream.
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Oct 5, 2022 · <p><i>Alternative Comedy Now and Then: Critical Perspectives</i> is the first academic collection focusing on the history and legacy of the alternative comedy movement in Britain that
Alternative Comedy conspicuously ‘doing something’ that stand-up of any form became on object of serious inquiry in the United Kingdom: this collection, arising from that conference and edited by Oliver Double and Sharon Lockyer, is an
If these reviews celebrate 1980s alternative comedy for being sharp, cutting edge, passionate, Thatcher-bashing, biting, angry and edgy, it wasn’t always seen so positively at the time.
