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Alternative comedy came to describe an approach to stand-up comedy that was neither racist nor sexist, defining itself against more traditional comedians playing the Northern working men's clubs who often relied on jokes targeting women and minorities in a form of comedy "civil war".
Alternative comedy: Differs from traditional punchline jokes which features many other forms of comedy such as observation, satire, surrealism, slapstick and improvisation.
GenreDescriptionNotable ExamplesAggressive humour [1]Insensitive to audience sentiment by ...Daniel Tosh, Brendon Burns, Anthony ...Differs from traditional punchline jokes ...Tony Allen, Alexei Sayle, Mark Steel, Dan ...Anecdotal comedy [2]Named after the Greek term for anecdote, ...Kevin Hart, Louis C.K., Patrice O'Neal, ...Indirect humor derived from the comedian ...Andy Kaufman, Andy Samberg, Norm ...6 ott 2022 · This chapter challenges narratives that have grown up around alternative comedy in the 40+ years of its existence, by showing that 1980s alternative comedy—or ‘alternative cabaret’, as it was often known—was more diverse than is often...
29 giu 2022 · Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian. Since the inception of alternative comedy in 1979 – a scene associated with Alexei Sayle and the Comic Strip, defined by its opposition to the ...
- Rachael Healy
6 ott 2022 · Alternative Comedy Timeline. Chapter. First Online: 06 October 2022. pp 23–33. Cite this chapter. Download book PDF. Download book EPUB. Alternative Comedy Now and Then. Oliver Double. Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Comedy ( (PSCOM)) 156 Accesses. Abstract.
- Oliver Double
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3 gen 2014 · This article details the importance of the group, its techniques and the lasting influence of character-led sketch and ‘imrov’ comedy that shaped a distinctive brand of ‘alternative comedy’ in the 1970s and 1980s and that would soon dominate the comedy mainstream.
1 apr 2013 · The roots of alternative comedy? – The alternative story of 20th Century Coyote and Eighties Comedy. April 2013. Comedy Studies 4 (1):5-21. DOI: 10.1386/cost.4.1.5_1. Authors: Lloyd Peters....
