Fin Taylor is pre-eminent among them – a rising star whose 2016 show Whitey McWhiteface made hay with white identity and privilege. It was an excellent show, as is its follow-up Lefty Tighty Righty Loosey, with which he again lays siege to the complacency of his (presumed to be) white, leftwing audience. Among the other lefty apostates on this year’s fringe, I haven’t see Chris McGlade’s show, which reportedly takes aim at PC and identity politics from a working-class perspective. Both acts seem to see class and identity politics as antipathetic, which needn’t be – and often isn’t – the case. Or is there such a thing as consensual political comedy, one that sheds more light than heat on our rancorous moment?

Source: The Guardian August 25, 2017 12:22 UTC