Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand-Up Ever!

2008

Comedy

IMDb Rating 8.2/10 10 713 713

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Plot summary

In 2007, Stewart Lee was voted the 41st best stand-up of all time in an official Channel 4 poll, apparently better than Lenny Bruce but not as good as Jim Davidson. But what real difference does this accolade make? His TV pilot has been cancelled and his mother still thinks the 1970s game show host Tom O'Connor is funnier than him.

Director

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Michael Cumming

Top cast

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Stewart Lee as Self
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English 2.0
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1 hr 19 min
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English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 19 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bob the moo

Acerbic, dark, well structured and very well delivered

I have never seen Stewart Lee live and I am really thinking that this is a situation I have to address. Occasionally I'll pick up one of his shows or see some of his material on BBC2 (not often though) and I will thoroughly enjoy how strong it is but also how well he makes it work. This is the case with this show – a show where the very title/premise behind it is based on his dark, cheerless approach towards the trivial and worthless aspects of live, which in this case is represented by meaningless Channel 4 list show presided over by the all knowing memory of Stuart Maconie, even though his own mother sees his brand of comedy as being less than that of the cruise-ship working Tom O'Connor.This dark view on things is delivered with a laid back almost weary tone which is more effective at criticism than rage is – in particular his bit on Littlejohn is perfectly pitched to mock, be dark but also not justify the man with anger or energy. Through the show Lee uses repetition of phrases or ideas to draw laughs but also highlight their silliness and mostly it works very well indeed. Early in the show Lee explains that he doesn't really do jokes and makes a crack that the audience need to lift their game, and this is true because he really does tell stories or build pictures or scenarios that are darkly funny and I generally enjoy this. As you can read, it is hard to explain how he does it but fans of material that Louis CK does would surely love Lee's more subtle approach.It doesn't all work and some of the material pushed me too far – specifically the final silent stand didn't work but also some smaller moments weren't particularly funny but generally it is a typically funny show. Next time Channel 4 do their countdown of Stand-Ups, I expect many talking head b-grade celebs will be quick to confirm just how good he is.
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Reviewed by sharpjohn 1 / 10

Just not funny

He probably sees himself as Intelligent dark and edgy but hes not.

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