The 'spirit of the fringe' is pitted against capitalism as awards director dismisses standup's complaints about commercialisation of Edinburgh comedyBest of this week's newsHalfway through week one of the fringe, and the big story is " well, pretty much the same as last week's big story. Stewart Lee's broadside against the commercialisation of Edinburgh comedy (see below) set the agenda for the opening days of festiv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AM on August 8, 2012