I saw Scott at the Watermans, an art and cinema complex, in Brentford. He takes more risks than any comedian I have ever seen.
His style is slightly camp, with an almost continuous stream of thoughts, with very many twists.
As an example he mentions he hate kids, suggests he’s just pushed one in the boot of his car with a clunk of the mike. Then he says ‘Well Portugal is quite nice this time of the year.’ He looks around the audience as a mixture of shock and embarassed laughs click that he’s talking about Madeline McCann. Then innocently, in his charming manner, he asks. ‘ Well I was concerned that she wasn’t in the news this month.’ He also made jokes about bad taste jokes about Jade Goody and asked people why they were so upset by the Frizl case, where he asked why the daughter was complaining – after all he fed her, looked after her and so why is she complaining.
It is definitely smart not to sit in the front few rows of his shows, as he has a disarming way of chatting his targets up and then asking them very awkward questions, such as: had a guy ever cheated on his soon to be wife?; asking an Asian girl if she was a virgin; and trying to get a couple of girls to describe the difference between virginal and clitotial orgasms.
Quite a lot of his act revolves around the fact he is gay: he plays the irony of his coming from the southern states of the US and his very large, dominant, military, black Nigerian boyfriend. He’s oppossed to gay marriage, as it spoils the fun of illicit sex and he reckons England was more fun when homosexuality was illegal – as the sex was more intense. He also describes Sheffield’s Gay Pride march as two guys in a garage, opening the door, then quickly shutting it again.
He also challenged religious groups, being very challenging about the Koran. In some sections of the act he dangerously close to the line of what is funny and dangerous and what is racist. He argues that Jesus being crucified was a good career move, but he should have had a ‘safe’ word to tell the Romans when to stop.
He has, however, a way of avoiding offence to most of his audience by putting on a childlike look – I’ve said something naughty haven’t I?
What I didn’t like was the potty humour, which brought the calibre of his humour down to that of a smutty fourteen year old. For a couple of sessions he was very descriptive of gay sex, in a childish way, and at one stage he dropped his trousers and simulated masturbation. OK, it shocked some of the audience, but these sessions went on far too long and were not that funny.
In the mixed audience I noticed only one person walking out. Though I am sure that an Asian girl’s aunt only stayed out of politeness. Most though, including his targets, took his act in good faith. Quite a few times in the recent past he has been attacked with bottles, glasses being thrown and being attacked by a chair, by an irate, offended people, often women.
Rating
I would give him three out of five stars.
To get a flavour of his act watch the Youtube video below.
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