This Palgrave Pivot questions how a new generation of alternative
stand-up comedians and the political world continue to shape and
influence each other. The Alternative Comedy Movement of the late
1970s and 1980s can be described as a time of unruly
experimentation and left-wing radicalism. This book examines how
alternative comedians continue to celebrate these characteristics
in the twenty-first century, while also moving into a distinct
phase of artistic development as the political context of the 1970s
and 1980s loses its immediacy. Sophie Quirk draws on original
interviews with comedians including Tom Allen, Josie Long,
John-Luke Roberts and Tony Law to chart how alternative comedians
are shaped by, and in turn respond to, contemporary political
challenges from neoliberalism to Brexit, class controversy to
commercialism. She argues that many of our assumptions about
comedy's politics must be challenged and updated. This book is
essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the working
methods and values of today's alternative comedians.
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