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Barrie is dangling on the edge of the big-time. "High concept" comedy irritates Alistair Barrie. While that particular genre tends to be weighed down by its own pretentiousness, he's happy to theme his act … if only to provide a title for this year's show. Obviously is a trek through the opinionated yet extremely likeable mind of a man blighted by ginger facial hair and frustrated by the injustices of the world around him. His show revolves around the "pillars of obviousness": political and social "facts" that Barrie believes should be highlighted because of the unswerving desire of the Daily Mail crowd to ignore them. What follows is a gently snowballing rant against climate change deniers, tortured liberals and organised religion … Barrie finally hits his desired tempo, then rockets off into some extremely acute personal and political observation. By this point, his concept has gone out the window, and Barrie's simple honesty makes him both immensely charismatic and entirely convincing. Barrie is dangling on the edge
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Comedy:
Alistair Barrie - Obviously