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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:00:34 +0000
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Subject: The Representation of Stand-Up Comedy and Discourses of Offence
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Dear List,

 

My current research involves looking at discourses of offence in stand-up comedy. As part of this I am hoping to compile a list of performance (to include plays, television, films, live performance and any other performative media) in which stand-up comedy is represented, and its potential for causing offence is part of the subject of the work. So, examples may include:

 

Trevor Griffith’s 1975 play Comedian’s (‘that’s a joke that hates women’)

Bob Fosse’s 1974 film Lenny (‘For those of you who were offended by my material, I’d like to … piss on you’)

 

I am also interested in stand-up routines where offensiveness is part of the subject of the performance, so examples would include Brendan Burns’ recent show  I Suppose THIS is offensive now!

 

I am sure there must be lots of examples, but sadly my research skills seem inadequate to track down many more. I would be hugely grateful for any suggestions.

 

Regards

 

Tim Miles

(British Institute for Humour Research, University of Surrey)

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