• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    27 days ago

    Has he changed much? If you didn’t like him before you probably won’t now. If you did like him before but have already seen a lot of his stuff you will probably still like it but it might feel a little repetitive.

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      26 days ago

      I think you need to go back to the late 90s with the 11 O’Clock Show to see his earlier work.

      That’s the same show that brought us Ali G as well.

      See, the other commenter is right. These comedians didn’t really change their act, but what did change was the context.

      British honour in the 90s was a wild time where only a decade previously we had Bernard Manning, Jim Davidson and a who host of rotters as weekly fixtures. Outright bigotry as commedy.

      Then it swung back hard (starting with the Comic Strip guys, possibly) but it was still fringe until the mid 90s.

      That said, if any of you guys are unaware of who Alexi Sayle is, you are in for a treat.

      Alexi Sayle Playlist

    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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      27 days ago

      I’ve never found the guy funny, no. I remember what an obnoxious twat he was in An Idiot Abroad, never intentionally watched something he’s in.

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      22 days ago

      he jumped on the anti-trans wagon real quick. and does a few other pro MAGA jokes. he claims he’s being subversive for it’s own sake, but I’m not amused by people who are ok with me personally losing my human rights or right to be alive because it’s just a sandbox for them to play in when it’s actually a gun to my head.