This is from a review of the most vile of modern 'comedians' who would find jokes about Baby 'P' funny ? I suggest only a person with the sickest and most degraded form of mind. Among some groups, for example, some university students, this type of cruel filth passes for sophistication. Could it be, that among groups of young people who have never, in any sense, suffered in their brief lives the intense pain of Baby 'P' is worth little more than a giggle. To human beings who are capable of empathy with the pain and anguish of others this kind of 'humour encourages only anger and disgust.
This is from a view of a recent 'performance'of his.
The good news is that 38-year-old Frankie Boyle has hinted this may be his final tour as he thinks he is getting too old for live performances.
The bad news is there are another eight mind-blowingly offensive London shows left. I have previously enjoyed this poison-tongued Scot, but he now seems stuck in such a hateful groove his scorched earth act — let’s hope it is only an act — is wearing thin.This gig, part of his tour fragrantly entitled I Would Happily Punch Every One Of You In The Face, was a sour triumph of vitriol over wit.
Susan Boyle was on the receiving end of sustained venom, while Heather Mills, Katie Price and Jade Goody were skewered too. Women were targeted more than men.
When Boyle spewed his bile over celebrities there was a satirical element, but when he picked on life’s innocents, from Madeleine McCann to Baby P, he became truly unpalatable.
One could argue that these jokes are an escape valve, yet there is something deeply disturbing about this vile recovering alcoholic’s obsession with life’s underbelly.
A psychiatrist would have a field day, as will the press when his Channel 4 series starts.
Most of it was pure bile and it filth. Not so much a comedy show, more a horrible, guilty secret pleasure. Thankfully there will not be many more unless Frankie cancels his retirement.
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