Marcus Brigstocke

[secret squirrel]

Ok, I need to get something off my chest before I go and repair a toilet and change some taps.

I went to see this comic yesterday and I got a bit uptight about his gig, now I know its only humour and politics but he was quite left wing, actually so far left he began to make the dalai Lama look like a nazi.

Yes, thats a bit unfair, UKIP were given a slating saying they should be hung and they're worthless etc. I was wondering if a comic got up and said the same things about Labour and Conservatives then took on the same political problems with as much gutso from the right political spectrum.....

Would that comedian find himself branded a racist etc?

Don't get me wrong some of what Marcus said I agree with, views on religion for example, people buying the Sun paper was quite amusing but generally I didn't find him funny.

Whilst I don't like his humour I defend his right to free speech but I'd like to see the view from the other side.

Don't get me wrong Frankie Boyle gets close but pushes the limits on a lot of things but I'd like to watch a comic doing political satire from the right side of politics, perhaps someone who makes Gengis Khan look like the dalai Lama!

Feel better now......

Thanks for reading.....

 

[Barry98]

No worries

 

[downthesouth]

Go see Jethro instead, much funnier.

 

[lame plumber]

I was a bursar at a school where his mother was a governor, she was so upper class you wouldnt believe it, dear old marcus is as fake as they come, he is a public school mummies brat putting on left wing opinions to try and please the masses! basically doing a ben elton etc not letting on where he really came from. Luckily I quit before he was to well known, saved from his mother going on all the time🙂

 

[Mrs Tara Plumbi]

... he was quite left wing, actually so far left he began to make the dalai Lama look like a nazi.

Presenting an extreme case can be what makes stand up comedy funny and the comedian might not really hold such extreme views.
eg. Jimmy Car is very funny and makes many outrageous comments (attacking all groups) - I don't think he really believes the things he says -
I know he is very different to M B.

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Yes, thats a bit unfair, UKIP were given a slating saying they should be hung and they're worthless etc. I was wondering if a comic got up and said the same things about Labour and Conservatives then took on the same political problems with as much gutso from the right political spectrum.....

Would that comedian find himself branded a racist etc? ...

Of course right wing and racist are not synonymous.

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... generally I didn't find him funny.
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That could be it. You didn't find him funny.
Some people have really made me laugh even when they are venting views I don't agree with.

I have seen a lot of stand-up comedy (in the time before I had kids!) and exactly the same performance can come across completely differently on different nights.

As I am far more of a lefty than you lets agree not to go see any political comedy together!