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COMEDIANS (Hardcover)
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Comedians gives us an exclusive and revealing peek behind the
curtain of the British Comedy scene. Steve Best's own years on the
comedy circuit have not only taken him to the four corners of the
planet but helped him to gain the trust of some of the funniest
people on it - and with it an open door to the four corners of
their dressing rooms. Being in the exact right place is only one
thing, however. Being there at the right time is another matter
entirely; and none more so than when it can be measured by the
split-seconds of the camera's shutter. We are very fortunate,
therefore, that Best's mastery of photographic timing is faultless
because with it we get such a complete picture. The look exchanged
between Julian Clary and the compere Paul Thorne, at the Ealing
Comedy Festival, was as fleeting as can be, but its depth does not
escape Best's eye. There is such camaraderie and affection between
the two comedians. There is admiration. Well-wishing and
gratefulness. And we sense the shared adrenalin rush. We know that
it is Joe Rowntree who must be about to go on because we can hardly
breathe for him whilst Michael Fabbri must just have triumphed
because Best captures his immortal smile for all eternity. In
Best's image of Barry Cryer we have a whole career in the mirror,
and we can't tell whether the name-call is about to happen or is as
long gone as any of the nerves that used to go with it. And who
knew that Jack Whitehall might ever take anything seriously enough
to show any nerves, or to feel the need to actually plan any of his
material for that matter? But of course he does, and of course he
has to - as Best reveals so perfectly to us. And so it is with
Harry Hill. Everything is there in the moments of stillness that
Best portrays - the meticulous and hard-working people behind the
comic personas we know and love.
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