Not all stand-up comedy is spot-cleaned and pre-packaged for the masses. Like the legends who were born out of smoky booze-soaked nightclubs of decades past Doug Stanhope spews his own brand of moral outrage in an unmatched style that borders on self-destruction. Nothing is sacred no subject off-limits and most importantly nothing is contrived. From critically acclaimed appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to regular appearances on The Howard Stern Show Stanhope always shows an intelligence and brutal honesty in his comedy no mater how viciously graphic or unsettling the material may be. Taped live at the Gotham Comedy Club this appearance is an unflinching look at one of the few voices left standing in the dark punk-rock underbelly of stand-up comedy.
Gilvert And Sullivan: Patience (Stanhope Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra)
Doug Stanhope is a stand-up comic and has been since 1990. His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. Doug is vulgar opinionated brutally honest and shockingly uninhibited and is certainly not for everybody.He started his career in Las Vegas doing jokes for free drinks. Not much has changed save for the mullet. Recorded in an abandoned factory in the Grnerlkka suburb of Oslo Norway the performance is as spontaneous and unhinged as anything Stanhope has ever done. Originally a sewing machine factory converted to a German WWII bunker the setting for Oslo is anything but conventional. Whereas most comedy specials are filmed on an elaborate stage Stanhope and Nikon Norway filled a dilapidated industrial space with lights and folding chairs ultimately allowing the material be the focus of this release.
Doug Stanhope: Deadbeat Hero thrusts you into the twisted brutally funny world of this acclaimed comic. In a performance that serves up everything from graphic perversion to stinging social criticism Stanhope proves himself to be one of the few comedians around with a gift for making the ugly truths of modern life downright hilarious. Topics like abortion liberty war and dildos get filtered through his raw uninhibited comedy and the result is an unforgettable show guaranteed to entertain offend and enlighten.
Doug Stanhope is a stand-up comic. Has been since 1990. His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. Doug is vulgar, opinionated, brutally honest and shockingly uninhibited and is certainly not for the faint-hearted. He started his career in Las Vegas doing jack-off jokes for free drinks. Not much has changed, save for the mullet. This ferociously honest and outrageously uninhibited comedian now releases his second new live comedy DVD/CD Before Turning ...
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