Comedy can’t change the world: Why Russell Brand is dead wrong about politics and humor
Russell Brand may be the most famous anti-capitalist in the world. He boasts a Twitter following of 7.8 million and regularly performs to sold-out shows, with his signature style of narcissism, self-deprecating humor and leftist platitudes. Brand is just the latest exemplar of a confrontational style of comedy pioneered by Lenny Bruce, in which social structures come under scrutiny, and polemical quips are bandied about – in Brand’s case dealing often with the evils of capitalism.
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