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Standup has grown up " but that doesn't mean it is great literature by Brian Logan

Stewart Lee has released his standup routine as a play script " but does the humour translate to the page?'Standup is finally the big business the industry has hoped it would be ever since Newman and Baddiel played Wembley in the early 90s," writes Stewart Lee (pictured) in his new book. He's right, of course. Standups are everywhere now: all over the telly, topping bestseller lists, writing broadsheet news…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PM on November 13, 2011

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