Lee’s peevish reaction to being pipped to a Bafta unravels into a rant approximately James Corden in another set of brilliant routines that force us to puzzle out whether this self-pitying schtick is genuine“Each shit series is like a suicide note,” Stewart Lee tells Chris Morris in the first episode of Comedy Vehicle series four; “or like someone that’s carried out a crime and written in blood on the wall, ‘Stop me before I do this again.’” The BBC clearly isn’t getting the message – however Lee’s frequent claims to be falling out of their favour. Ah, or but possibly those claims are made by the “character” Stewart Lee and not the “real” Stewart Lee. Don’t expect onstage and offstage to mark a clear distinction between the two. There are no clear distinctions in Lee’s public world. Everything’s a wind-up. Everything’s a corridor of mirrors. Related: Will Self meets Stewart Lee: ‘Are you really,ultimately embittered, or not?’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com