When critics analyse a standup routine it's considered pedantic and joyless " what's wrong with being serious about comedy?Theatre critics are seldom called pedants for analysing how a stage effect is achieved. If an art writer critiques someone's brushstroke " well, they're just doing their job, right? But when I reviewed Jimmy Carr the other week, commenters below the line were quick to remind me I'd committed the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AM on June 22, 2017