For our second East
Kent Salon we are lucky to have comedians Francis Foster and Oliver Double
leading our discussion.
Date: Thursday January 30th, 7-9 pm,
Venue: The City Arms Inn, 7 Butchery Lane, Canterbury CT1 2JR
Venue: The City Arms Inn, 7 Butchery Lane, Canterbury CT1 2JR
Satire: the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or
ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in
the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
In the past satire has most often been about challenging the politics and sensibilities of the establishment. Many argue it serves that function today. After all, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson – satirised by Punt and Dennis, Josie Long, Frankie Boyle and a host of others - can hardly claim to be of humble means.
Marcus Brigstocke has talked about people walking out during his anti-Brexit routine. A recent Nish Kumar charity gig, featuring gags at the expense of Boris and Brexit, was met with boos and the throwing of a bread roll. Madeleine Grant argued in the Telegraph that ‘Brexit-deranged comedians are now Britain’s biggest bores’. Kumar joked of his critics ‘I would like to apologise if I triggered any of them’.
Chris Rock stopped
playing US college gigs because of what he saw as the students’ conservative
views: ‘Not in their political views — not like they’re voting Republican — but
in their social views and their willingness not to offend anybody.’ US stand up
Dave
Chapelle has been criticised for hate speech in routines referring to MeToo
and transgenderism. His response? ‘I am sorry if I hurt anybody, etc etc etc,
yada yada yada, everything I am supposed to say…’ UK comedian Alistair
Williams claimed that ‘Because I am
a comedian that supports Brexit you can no longer find me on the comedy club
circuit’.
Francis Foster and Oliver
Double will introduce the discussion, but the Salons are all about the audience
– come along and discuss Comedy in the Age of Trump and Brexit in the
bar at the City Arms Inn in Canterbury.
Oliver Double is a comedian, Reader in Drama at the University of Kent, organiser of the Funny Rabbit Comedy Club and producer of the podcast A History of Comedy in Several Objects. You can find details of Oliver’s comedy, writing and much else on his web site.
Francis Foster is a comedian described
as ‘ridiculous man who hails from the
lands of Venezuela and Wigan by way of south London’. He co-hosts, along with
Konstantin Kisin, the Triggernometry
podcast. There is a great pic of Francis
on his web site.
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Entry to the discussion is £5 (£3 concessions). Discussion is in the bar, and food is available, so please patronise our generous hosts at The City Arms Inn (if you want to eat at the City Arms Inn, arrive early and get your order in before 6.30pm)
*Join
our East Kent Salon Facebook
group where all events will be announced, and discussions can be pursued
post-salon.
*Where possible indicate your intention to attend via the East Kent Salon Facebook group or via Eventbrite as we are limited by venue size.
***Spread the word - all welcome!***
Some light reading on the topic:
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/nish-kumar-and-the-anti-brexit-comedy-club/
*Where possible indicate your intention to attend via the East Kent Salon Facebook group or via Eventbrite as we are limited by venue size.
***Spread the word - all welcome!***
Some light reading on the topic:
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/nish-kumar-and-the-anti-brexit-comedy-club/
https://standupny.com/learning-to-take-a-joke/
