Quote: Firkin @ 15th November 2018, 9:23 AMYou are right Rood it does look odd on the face of it. But surely it's led by the audience?
Character acts like Borat upset a whole country but play well in America. Bruno was Austrian (small country) not German (big market). I read one Hollywood blockbuster had to reshoot many scenes because China objected to a Chinese villain. Yet we Brits are often the Hollywood villain.
Live stand-up comedy relies on a young audience, students, it's not really family viewing. That audience wants it to be PC. I guess this is why you don't get many character actors or stand-ups doing accents outside their own culture. That said, I would very interested in knowing any that do. If you want old style un-PC act there's always Chubby Brown. He's 73 and still touring. Ken Dodd's act was timeless and didn't exclude anyone. I'm guessing he made more money, but we'll never know.
The only other right-wing comedians I know-of are Lee Hurst, Jim Davidson and Geoff Norcott.
Geoff Norcott is an exciting addition to the current crop of boring lefty comedians. You should see him on the Mash Report. It's beautiful. Nish Kumar cannot contain his triggered PC feelings. It is all done in good spirit but it's nice that the beeb allow a righty for once.
P.S Sorry for off topic rant.