Friday, May 30, 2014

Mark Steele's article

Just as politicians should avoid telling gags, so comedians should avoid soapbox politics:  http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-you-cant-beat-nigel-farage-become-him-9454058.html

There is nothing in Mark Steele's article that is funny.  He relies on extreme exaggeration to create a dissonance the effect of which is designed to make one laugh.  This might work once or twice, but over twelve paragraphs it is a bit thin.

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