Comments on: Mock The Weak http://thethirdestate.net/2009/08/mock-the-weak/ What Is The Third Estate? Everything. What Has It Been Until Now In The Political Order? Nothing. What Does It Want To Be? Something. Tue, 22 May 2012 04:47:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Stuart Vowles http://thethirdestate.net/2009/08/mock-the-weak/comment-page-1/#comment-52044 Stuart Vowles Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:38:20 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1631#comment-52044 Why do you get that Scottish prick on your show.......he is not funny......he is not good looking.....he doesnt have a personality.....he rips the piss out of dead people and he rips the piss out of cancer victims......I HOPE I MEET THE GINGER TWAT IN A DARK ALLEY WITH A FUCKING BRICK IN MY HAND..................BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! Why do you get that Scottish prick on your show…….he is not funny……he is not good looking…..he doesnt have a personality…..he rips the piss out of dead people and he rips the piss out of cancer victims……I HOPE I MEET THE GINGER TWAT IN A DARK ALLEY WITH A FUCKING BRICK IN MY HAND………………BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !

]]> By: Salman Shaheen http://thethirdestate.net/2009/08/mock-the-weak/comment-page-1/#comment-3638 Salman Shaheen Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:02:22 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1631#comment-3638 Far too many Daves and Davids comment on this blog, I think you should all be allocated numbers instead. Far too many Daves and Davids comment on this blog, I think you should all be allocated numbers instead.

]]> By: Dave http://thethirdestate.net/2009/08/mock-the-weak/comment-page-1/#comment-3633 Dave Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:08:13 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1631#comment-3633 A post-script credit to Mark Thomas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjKNja3m0zc Mark Steel is up there with his politics but, personally, I just don't find him is as funny as some of the other comedians around. He's got that one joke about the dishwasher and the third way but... A post-script credit to Mark Thomas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjKNja3m0zc

Mark Steel is up there with his politics but, personally, I just don’t find him is as funny as some of the other comedians around. He’s got that one joke about the dishwasher and the third way but…

]]> By: David M http://thethirdestate.net/2009/08/mock-the-weak/comment-page-1/#comment-3614 David M Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:22:47 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1631#comment-3614 I think there are still enough political and truely satirical/idealistic comedians about, though many began their careers a long time ago: Mark Steel, Jeremy Hardy, Rory Bremner, Mark Thomas, Marcus Brigstocke has a go too. No coincidence that these are some of my favourites - Mark Steel was fantastic when I went to see him. I think there are still enough political and truely satirical/idealistic comedians about, though many began their careers a long time ago: Mark Steel, Jeremy Hardy, Rory Bremner, Mark Thomas, Marcus Brigstocke has a go too. No coincidence that these are some of my favourites – Mark Steel was fantastic when I went to see him.

]]> By: Edd Mustill http://thethirdestate.net/2009/08/mock-the-weak/comment-page-1/#comment-3612 Edd Mustill Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:40:29 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1631#comment-3612 I've done a handful of very short standup gigs, mostly of political material. Responses have been mixed. It's hard, especially in a short space of time, to build up to get anything meaningful across. In five or ten minutes it can feel like it's going to shit unless you have at least one laugh-out-loud line per minute. The longer you have, the better placed you are to build up to saying something worthwhile. If you look at a full-length Mark Thomas set, for example, it's clear the audience is spending more time thinking than laughing. It's often tempting to fall back on an easy let's-make-this-an-analogy-about-sex line, which will probably get a bigger laugh. There's probably not many overtly political comedians because not only do hey have to give a shit about stuff, they also have to actually be funnier. I’ve done a handful of very short standup gigs, mostly of political material. Responses have been mixed. It’s hard, especially in a short space of time, to build up to get anything meaningful across. In five or ten minutes it can feel like it’s going to shit unless you have at least one laugh-out-loud line per minute. The longer you have, the better placed you are to build up to saying something worthwhile. If you look at a full-length Mark Thomas set, for example, it’s clear the audience is spending more time thinking than laughing.

It’s often tempting to fall back on an easy let’s-make-this-an-analogy-about-sex line, which will probably get a bigger laugh. There’s probably not many overtly political comedians because not only do hey have to give a shit about stuff, they also have to actually be funnier.

]]> By: Salman Shaheen http://thethirdestate.net/2009/08/mock-the-weak/comment-page-1/#comment-3607 Salman Shaheen Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:34:20 +0000 http://thethirdestate.net/?p=1631#comment-3607 You do have a penchant for weak (geddit?) puns don't you Dave? I think to some extent, it is fair to say that there has been a depoliticisation of popular comedy, and indeed a depoliticisation of popular culture, which has gone hand in hand with the decline of the old class struggles. I don't think that means that popular culture, or comedy, is apolitical, however, just that the topics chosen are less brazen, the overt references to unpopular prime ministers less frequent (think how many times the Alternative Comedians mentioned Thatcher in an angry voice), and the topics for satire more subtle. There are exceptions, however - Mark Steel being the most striking example you missed out. You do have a penchant for weak (geddit?) puns don’t you Dave? I think to some extent, it is fair to say that there has been a depoliticisation of popular comedy, and indeed a depoliticisation of popular culture, which has gone hand in hand with the decline of the old class struggles. I don’t think that means that popular culture, or comedy, is apolitical, however, just that the topics chosen are less brazen, the overt references to unpopular prime ministers less frequent (think how many times the Alternative Comedians mentioned Thatcher in an angry voice), and the topics for satire more subtle. There are exceptions, however – Mark Steel being the most striking example you missed out.

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