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Fringe benefit

arjJust as there is a fringe to the Edinburgh so there is a fringe here in Adelaide, which is on right now.

Last night, Louise and I went to see Arj Barker, who is an American comedian. I had never heard of him before. It was not really my choice; Louise was given the tickets.

Mr Barker may well be typical of the modern generation of comedians. He used the word “motherfucker” dozens of times, and his routine included imaginary conversations with his own penis, fantasies about persuading people to smear themselves with their own excrement, and a lot more such smut. The audience, which was very young, seemed to like it.

It is probably the fault of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, who took obscenity to such Continue reading

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