The business of comedy
Been thinking a lot about comedy recently, not just for my book Gagfest UK but also how it has developed in the last decade or so.
Some British comedians like Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle have really embraced the twitterverse as their short-form gags closely reflect the need for brevity, while storytellers like Jim Jeffries have found a whole new audience via YouTube.
Writing words which other people find funny is one of the easiest things to disparage but one of the hardest to do. New Technology consumes material at a ferocious rate, so it requires teams of prolific writers to feed the comedy machine. At the same time, there's a lot of comedy around (clubs, tours, arena shows, designated TV channels etc). Is this a good thing? I'm not always so sure.
Some British comedians like Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle have really embraced the twitterverse as their short-form gags closely reflect the need for brevity, while storytellers like Jim Jeffries have found a whole new audience via YouTube.
Writing words which other people find funny is one of the easiest things to disparage but one of the hardest to do. New Technology consumes material at a ferocious rate, so it requires teams of prolific writers to feed the comedy machine. At the same time, there's a lot of comedy around (clubs, tours, arena shows, designated TV channels etc). Is this a good thing? I'm not always so sure.
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