stewart lee interview

I am a long time fan of Stewart Lee, from way back when he popped onto TV with Richard Herring with Fist of Fun. They then provided great Sunday morning hangover entertainment with TMWRNJ. An interview in the Guardian provides a fascinating insight into how and why he chooses what to write his stand-up material about. One interesting thing is the following quote:

It's interesting to me that apparently distasteful comments from the right against weak targets tend to draw a lot less media fire than apparently distasteful comments from the left against hard targets. That's one of the threads that runs through the show and that people hopefully pick up on."

A very valid point, although in fairness, the same is also true vice versa. I hate the shit that comes out of littlejohn, davidson's etc mouths, but maybe I just notice it more because I am already looking to be offended. The only other option would be to have no comedy, and no targeting of anything - which would make for rather boring comedy and life in general.