'I used to get in role by harassing my girlfriend': the risky brilliance of playing anti-woke characters
Edinburgh fringe comics portraying cancelled standups and rightwing politicians talk about the dangers and successes of their satire The US comedian Martin Urbano has always enjoyed mocking lazy standup jokes " the sort of routines that open with "Anyone ever been to a …?" or a crude comedian's gags about his imaginary wife. Immediately after the #MeToo movement, the "hacky premises" of such material shifted, he sa…