just go for the gag, you may get into trouble. so now, in my concert pieces, i have never done more set up in my life because sometimes, you need set up, and i d better say this before they cancel me, i m going to say this. there s more explication. there s more explanation, not so much, you know, not so much stuff that s going to take away from the gag. you can do it in an economical way. but i find that when i look at the totality of my show, it used to be, like, 200 laughs. now, it s, like, 150 laughs but you need that extra buffer. you need to kind of explain yourself. you have overseen the royal shakespeare company in, if i can put it this way, the sort of beginnings of the age of woke a discussion, particularly in this country but not just in this country, which involves culture in a discussion about diversity, representation, identity. is that a pressure you have felt and has it affected the way you ve produced shakespeare? i think it definitely has.
so now, in my concert pieces, i have never done more set up in my life because sometimes, you need set up, and. i d better say this before they cancel me, i m going to say this. there s more explication. there s more explanation, not so much, you know, not so much stuff that s going to take away from the gag. you can do it in an economical way. but i find that when i look at the totality of my show, it used to be, like, 200 laughs. now, it s, like, 150 laughs but you need that extra buffer. you need to kind of explain yourself. you have overseen the royal shakespeare company in, if i can put it this way, the sort of beginnings of the age of woke. a discussion, particularly in this country, but not just in this country, which involves culture in a discussion about diversity, representation, identity. is that a pressure you have felt and has it affected the way you ve produced
get into trouble. so now, in my concert pieces, i have never done more set up in my life because sometimes, you need set up. and i d better say this before they cancel me, i m going to say this. there s more explication. there s more explanation, not so much, you know, not so much stuff that s going to take away from the gag. you can do it in an economical way. but i find that when i look at the totality of my show, it used to be, like, 200 laughs. but you need that extra buffer. you need to kind of explain yourself. you have overseen the royal shakespeare company in, if i can put it this way, the sort of beginnings of the age of woke a discussion, particularly in this country but not just in this country, which involves culture in a discussion about diversity, representation, identity. is that a pressure you have felt and has it affected
comedy is built for short bits, and that is where you can get into trouble. because if you just go for the gag, you may get into trouble. so now in my concert pieces, i have never done more set up in my life because sometimes you need set up. and i d better say this before they cancel me, i m going to say this. there s more explication. there s more explanation, not so much, you know, not so much stuff that s going to take away from the gag. you can do it in an economical way. but i find that when i look at the totality of my show, it used to be, like, 200 laughs. now, it s, like, 150 laughs. but you need that extra buffer. you need to kind of explain yourself. you have overseen the royal shakespeare company, in, if i can put it this way, the sort of beginnings of the age of woke a discussion, particularly in this country, but not just in this country,
into trouble, because if you just go for the gag, you may get into trouble. so now, in my concert pieces, i have never done more set up in my life because sometimes, you need set up, and. i d better say this before they cancel me, i m going to say this. there s more explication. there s more explanation, not so much, you know, not so much stuff that s going to take away from the gag. you can do it in an economical way. but i find that when i look at the totality of my show, it used to be, like, 200 laughs. now, it s, like, 150 laughs but you need that extra buffer. you need to kind of explain yourself. you have overseen the royal shakespeare company in, if i can put it this way, the sort of beginnings of the age of woke. a discussion, particularly in this country, but not just in this country, which involves culture in a discussion about diversity, representation, identity.