Stewart Lee: Content Provider

A crushing disappointment after years of the funniest stand-up in the history of entertainment. Look at the other reviews for in-depth, chin-stroking analyses of this show - I'll just say it was dull, mean and the product of someone who feels old and tired. He certainly looks it - his weight has ballooned and he does not look healthy or happy in any way. There is more physicality in this show than we have seen from him previously - gurning, silly voices, running around, and a very unattractive sequence when his trousers fall down and he carries on for several minutes without acknowledging it (I realise that's the "joke" - it doesn't mean it was funny). There are more of the psychoanalysis cutaways - this time condcuted by comic book writer Alan Moore, also a difficult and unappealing watch. Stewart has produced a huge repertoire of funny, thought-provoking work in the past - I hope he can rediscover the inspiration and the edge to do so again.

I love Stewart Lee. This was the third time I'd seen him live. Somehow topping the previous shows.

I was lucky enough to see this live. Not in Southend where this was filmed but in London where many metropolitan liberal elite people live. Watching Stewart Lee will increase your metropolitan liberal eliteness no end.

Stewart Lee is an intellectual powerhouse of a comedian. He plays with the audience in a masterful, arrogant and mischievous way to great comic effect. It's like being tickled with a big brain but less slimy.

Unparalleled.

He has, however, let himself go.

Definitely my favourite Stewart Lee special of the three I've watched so far.

He goes nuts in the second half and turns into some kind of gloriously awkward performance art where I was almost in tears laughing.

The first half had me worried for a while, as there were many similarities to another special of his, Carpet Remnant World, but it things get brought home in the final stretch.

The weird mockumentary interludes were pretty amusing too.

Maybe I'm starting to "get" Stewart Lee, or maybe I'm just laughing at the broadest stuff, I don't know 😅

I can say, though, that parts of this would make up the funniest standup in years- maybe since I discovered Bo Burnham in all honesty.

The cliche is true, if you get Stewart Lee, if you actually see what an incredible mind/talent he is, you cannot fully enjoy other stand-ups. If this is your first viewing of Stewart Lee, I envy you because you have so much of the old stuff to go back and discover. This show is fantastic, it ticks all the right boxes for any Stewart Lee fans, I would be hard pushed to find a favourite amongst his back catalogue, each set has something unique to offer, even if some of the quirks of his stage "persona" become familiar to you, that's what's so good about it. Highly recommended. Any Stewart Lee fan knows that already, the elitist liberal elite are a lucky bunch indeed.