I was in the midst of a quite serious mental health issue so I went to the doctors and I said "Doctor, Doctor I feel like a pair of curtains"... He said "well I am a general practitioner and that sounds more like a mental health issue so pull yourself together". He did however recommend watching his favourite comedian Stewart Lee and I'm so glad he did because this brought me here.
As always there are very few belly laughs with Stewart's comedy, I don't think he did an actual joke, the self referential parts were so on point that it verged on cringy, the level of repetition from previous sets was obvious and seemingly below an artist of his standing and the audience participation stuff was a disaster. It was utter brilliance...no one ever comes away from watching Stewart Lee saying their belly ached...if you have seen him before (and he only wants those who have) you get the self reference and wait for it like a child at Christmas....the audience participation is completely improvised but made to look like it goes wrong so suggesting its deliberately rubbish and he plays off that because that's what he wants. The section where he described the fans who self satisfyingly believe they are geniuses because they like him is one of the funniest things I've ever heard. And I should know because I love Stewart Lee.....Stewart Lee.
