LEADER 03045nam 22005655 450 001 9910767541103321 005 20240322000059.0 010 $a9783030011055 010 $a3030011054 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-01105-5 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-01105-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5596913 035 $a(CKB)4100000007127640 035 $a(Perlego)3490886 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007127640 100 $a20181111d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Politics of British Stand-up Comedy $eThe New Alternative /$fby Sophie Quirk 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (IX, 131 p. 3 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Comedy,$x2731-4340 311 08$a9783030011048 311 08$a3030011046 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. "Where Are All the Right-Wing Comedians?" -- 3. Political Challenges of the Millennial Era -- 4. Experimentation: Class, Controversy and an Artistic Lifeline -- 5. Conclusion: Widening the Theoretical Basis for Assessing Stand-Up Politics. 330 $aThis Palgrave Pivot questions how a new generation of alternative stand-up comedians and the political world continue to shape and influence each other. The Alternative Comedy Movement of the late 1970s and 1980s can be described as a time of unruly experimentation and left-wing radicalism. This book examines how alternative comedians continue to celebrate these characteristics in the twenty-first century, while also moving into a distinct phase of artistic development as the political context of the 1970s and 1980s loses its immediacy. Sophie Quirk draws on original interviews with comedians including Tom Allen, Josie Long, John-Luke Roberts and Tony Law to chart how alternative comedians are shaped by, and in turn respond to, contemporary political challenges from neoliberalism to Brexit, class controversy to commercialism. She argues that many of our assumptions about comedy's politics must be challenged and updated. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understandthe working methods and values of today's alternative comedians. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Comedy,$x2731-4340 606 $aComedy 606 $aPopular culture 606 $aMotion picture acting 606 $aComedy Studies 606 $aPopular Culture 606 $aScreen Performance 615 0$aComedy. 615 0$aPopular culture. 615 0$aMotion picture acting. 615 14$aComedy Studies. 615 24$aPopular Culture. 615 24$aScreen Performance. 676 $a792.23 676 $a792.760941 700 $aQuirk$b Sophie$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01452963 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910767541103321 996 $aThe Politics of British Stand-up Comedy$93655371 997 $aUNINA