Geoff Norcott

Can topical comedy survive?

Stand-up's success on social media is showing what audiences really want

  • From Spectator Life

Seen any good stand-up recently? It’s a loaded question, but if you have, there’s every chance you didn’t view it via terrestrial TV. You might instead have laughed at some brash American on Netflix, or a deeply un-PC comic on YouTube – or more likely still, a comedian sitting in the palm of your hand.

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