Stewart Lee - Identity - part 2 of 2 (HQ)

A clip from Stewart Lee's "Stand-Up Comedian". Recorded at the Glasgow Comedy Festival 2005.

The show is available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stewart-Lee-Stand-Up-Comedian/dp/B000AOEX40/ref=sr_1_... amongst other places.

This video is of higher quality than the original - these versions are in true widescreen, and are of a higher resolution, as the originals were pretty poorly encoded.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Stewart
• Lee
• Glasgow
• Comedy
• Festival
• Stand
• Stand-up
• Identity
• Scotland
• Braveheart
• William
• Wallace
• Mel
• Gibson

[creasicle]

And being a 'competent wordsmith' doesn't make a comedian. He's a big critic of Russell Brand who many would describe as a 'competent wordsmith' ie when asked about his past troubles with the laws he responded it was due to his "youthfull folly, jubilance and high jinx" it's not really comedy some people just have a good knowledge of language

[alanmarsden]

Yeah but Brand's "flowery language" is all fluff and no substance. It's the literary or linguistic equivalent of attention-seeking - it's just really irritating stuff, and detracts from any actual comedy he performs.

Lee's language is direct, purposeful and there for a reason. Plus, of course, there's actual comedic depth to his work. And I really don't think he's that high-brow, I just think people have set their standards for comedians really low. And that's your fault, other comedians.

[malismad]

Some balls he has on him doing this in Glasgow.

[guitarreilly]

@TopGeezer77 why? please tell me if he was gay

[TopGeezer77]

@guitarreilly idiot

[guitarreilly]

was william wallace actually gay?

[duckbiter]

That scowly-faced beardo succumbs after 9 minutes. He can't resist the relentless insulting wit of the master. Big uncontrollable smiles erupt.

HE'S PWNED! . . . ROCK ON STEWART!

[kevinward76]

*tears*

[derdriui]

hahah! Gaelic, a form of Scottish homosexual patois! Man, what a great audience.

[meldme]

@creasicle - Russell Brand is a vey competent wordsmith, but he chooses to use silly words and act the idiot sometimes, and Lee was merely satirising that side of Brand's persona.

[superhamzah85]

Another layer of this piece is the absurdity of being offended by it.

You see - if you are offended by THIS then YOU are a possible bigot/homophobe. Why? Because Mel Gibson distorted just as much as Stewart Lee did, so if you love Braveheart, but are offended by this, what does that say about you?

[squonkmadmanmoon]

@thezodiacdigital good that you pick one word to blub on about. I'm referring to his craft in and of the comedy scene. but it's lovely that you have such strong opinions and an obviously superior intellect. FWIW: brand is not high on my favourites list, and neither is lee, but they are clearly both examples of the top tier of what is a fantastic pool of stand-up talent that the uk has to offer.

[theZodiacDigital]

@alanmarsden i agree, if you hear brand speak, he throws in every word he knows for no real rhyme or reason. to educated people, or at least people who care about language deeply, it's just showboating. the best word for a situation certainly could be a more obscure or longer word, but it also very well could not. a real wordsmith knows when to use each word, not defaults to the "harder" word because it'll impress people more that he knows it.