Stewart Lee at the Dome tonight

[spring hall convert]

Anyone else going?

Genius or smug, arrogant, middle-class, 'trendy' prick?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Anyone else going?

Genius or smug, arrogant, middle-class, 'trendy' prick?

I'm going tomorrow night.

The man is an absolute genius. Really looking forward to it.

 

[brakespear]

I prefer Richard Herring

 

[Frampler]

Anyone else going?

Genius or smug, arrogant, middle-class, 'trendy' prick?

He's a bit of both, and I'm glad of that.

 

[brakespear]

I do like him a bit though. Was a good RHLSTP recently with Richard and Stewart talking with about TWRNJ I was listening to at the weekend.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I'd say out of all stand-up comedians he's probably the 41st best.

 

[piersa]

Anyone else going?

Genius or smug, arrogant, middle-class, 'trendy' prick?

I think he thinks he's funnier than he is.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I'm going. He makes me laugh. Someone's got to speak to us smug, arrogant, middle-class, 'trendy' pricks.

 

[Machiavelli]

I'm going tomorrow. He's a genius that thinks he's a smug, arrogant, middle-class, 'trendy' prick. He thinks the same of his audience, too.

The best comedy is uncomfortable and (of those I know), Lee along with Bill Hicks and Chris Morris, achieve that.

 

[robinsonsgrin]

I prefer Richard Herring

as do i......

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

I'm going tonight as well. No idea why as I've never heard of him or seen anything he's done!

 

[Guinness Boy]

I'm going tomorrow. He's a genius that thinks he's a smug, arrogant, middle-class, 'trendy' prick. He thinks the same of his audience, too.

The best comedy is uncomfortable and (of those I know), Lee along with Bill Hicks and Chris Morris, achieve that.

You've just named three of my favourite comedians ever in one sentence there

I had no idea he was playing Brighton tonight though

 

[Guinness Boy]

In fact, to make up for it, I might spend the evening hiding in the back room and playing 'Rant in D Minor'

 

[Surf's Up]

I remember seeing Chris Morris at the Tunnel Club in Greenwich about 20 years ago. At that time he was notorious for lighting a firework, sticking it up his arse and running around the stage with sparklers showering out of his bottom!!! Very droll!!!

 

[spring hall convert]

I'm going tonight as well. No idea why as I've never heard of him or seen anything he's done!

Don't laugh at the bits he drops in to out the Nazis in the audience.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Don't laugh at the bits he drops in to out the Nazis in the audience.

Cheers for the tip!

 

[Stato]

Both.

Anyone who sees stand-up comedy as an artform and who takes its development as seriously as Stewart Lee does is going to risk coming across as pretentious, over-intellectual, smug and middle class. Luckily the character he has developed for his onstage self is all those things, and a lot of his audience, myself included, are also all those things. Luckily, he is also brilliantly funny, clever and original. Three things lacking from someone like Russell Kane, who has a similar onstage persona.

Lee sums up the dichotomy in his bit about not seeking laughs, but agreement:

"Did you see Stewart Lee?"
"Yeah"
"Was it funny?"
"No, but I agreed the f*** out of it."

Not only capturing his audience's relationship with someone who reflects their own values, but being funny in doing it.

For those who prefer him, Richard Herring's on at the Komedia next Thursday.

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Some good bits, some crap bits, bit meh really.

 

[Stato]

Some good bits, some crap bits, bit meh really.

Ruined by people bringing their friends?

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Ruined by people bringing their friends?

Very possibly. The 2 mates I went with who got me a ticket, were pissing themselves throughout. So he knows his audience! Overall, not my cup of tea.