Maureen Lipman: Cancel culture could wipe out comedy

[icowden]

I find Henning Wehn moderately funny. But part of his act is to toy with German stereotypes and UK attitudes to Germany. He did a joke recently about the French propensity to surrender, and he's done ones about the war, and didn't he allegedly do a joke about a concentration camp that hinged on the revelation that the person was a guard not a victim?

There's no allegedly. The joke is "My grandfather died in a concentration camp... he fell out of his watchtower." - a fairly straight forward one liner that moves audience sympathy from one aspect to another.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Hear that applause? That’s what I like. I’m not interested in laughs. I prefer applause.
“Is it supposed to be funny?” That’s what the critics say. No it isn’t. I’m not interested in laughs. I’m interested in…
People say, “Did you see Stewart Lee?” “Yeah.” “Was it funny?” “No, but I agreed the fuck out of it.”

I found this comment interesting. I have always enjoyed Lee when I have seen him on TV, often finding him challenging, but I have rarely found him funny. If I wanted a night out and a good laugh there are plenty of comedians around, but I would not really call Lee a comedian.

 

[icowden]

Hear that applause? That’s what I like. I’m not interested in laughs. I prefer applause.

Are you American? In the UK, Comedians tend to want laughs. Not applause. Their job is to make people laugh.

 

[winjim]

Are you American? In the UK, Comedians tend to want laughs. Not applause. Their job is to make people laugh.

The British are famed for their appreciattion of dry humour and keen sense of irony though.

 

[Rusty Nails]

The British are famed for their dry humour and sense of irony though.

I would describe Lee as a humourist rather than a comedian.

 

[winjim]

I would describe Lee as a humourist rather than a comedian.

I would say that's a pedantic distinction that's only worth making if you can then follow it up by wittily deconstructing it.

 

[newfhouse]

I would describe Lee as a humourist rather than a comedian.

It’s why he’s never had a gig at The Comedy Store but had a long residency at The Humour Store.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I would say that's a pedantic distinction that's only worth making if you can then follow it up by wittily deconstructing it.

Who do you think I am...bloody Stewart Lee?

Sheesh! Everyone's a comedian these days.

 

[Mugshot]

Talking of cancel culture


View: https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1492972471271710721?t=C1934uN5T3aAwCstdPce9Q&s=19


Misguided punch to his wife's nose, misguided parties, misguided kicking a cat.

 

[winjim]

Talking of cancel culture


View: https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1492972471271710721?t=C1934uN5T3aAwCstdPce9Q&s=19


Misguided punch to his wife's nose, misguided parties, misguided kicking a cat.

Ah yes, it's his silly brother's fault for posting it on social media. Because as we all know, the real problem is being caught.

 

[Mugshot]

Ah yes, it's his silly brother's fault for posting it on social media. Because as we all know, the real problem is being caught.

This is the issue when you start defending the indefensible, Ghislaine Maxwell for example, once you're in, you've got to keep going down that rabbit hole.

 

[theclaud]

Talking of cancel culture


View: https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1492972471271710721?t=C1934uN5T3aAwCstdPce9Q&s=19


Misguided punch to his wife's nose, misguided parties, misguided kicking a cat.

Misguided? It seemed to guide the cat in the direction intended. Which, to be fair, you have a right to expect from a Premier League centre-back on £125K a week. Just as we expect this moronic take from Johnson. But to cut her a bit of slack, she's clearly been socialised from early family life to make excuses for abusive men who can't take responsibility for anything.

 

[Mugshot]

Young crafty, not averse to threatening to cancel things he doesn't find funny, getting his knickers in a twist about comedy being cancelled.


View: https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1495042992557625348?s=20&t=DlaAqvZ49b-A76_lctIRXQ

You can't say anything these days.

 

[winjim]

Young crafty, not averse to threatening to cancel things he doesn't find funny, getting his knickers in a twist about comedy being cancelled.


View: https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1495042992557625348?s=20&t=DlaAqvZ49b-A76_lctIRXQ

You can't say anything these days.

Waves his hands about a lot, doesn't he? Has he been told to keep them above the desk at all times?