Comedian James Acaster

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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James Acaster is a standup comic from London. On stage, his comedy is observational, a little absurd and animated, but also really cutting. His most recent special is called Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999. This week, we're revisiting our conversation with James from 2018. We'll talk about the different ways comics in the US and UK develop their material and how James has struggled to bring his comedy stateside. Plus, he'll discuss the time he genuinely believed he was in a band that could change the world, and how a near death experience led him to a career in stand-up. His third book James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media is out now.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:21.4	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:23.7	James A. Caster is a stand-up comic from London.
0:26.7	He's appeared on a bunch of TV shows over there, mock the week, taskmaster, hypothetical,
0:31.7	lots of others.
0:34.5	On stage he's observational, a little absurd and also animated, but cutting.
0:40.4	Maybe you saw that clip of him on social media recently where he calls out transphobia
0:45.0	in the kind of comedians who call themselves edgy.
0:48.0	And I understand you can turn.
0:50.0	Most edgy comics look like me, race and gender-wise.
0:52.6	They say what have they like.
0:55.0	Edgy comedians know and tell them what they can and can't say.
0:57.3	They walk straight on stage, top of their specials sometimes, do 10 solid minutes, just slanging
1:01.6	off transgender people.
1:02.6	Just straight out the gate, just making fun of transgender people.
1:05.8	If people on the internet get upset about it, the comedians always like, bad luck!
1:09.9	That's my job!
1:10.9	I'm a stand-up comedian.
1:12.4	I'm meant to challenge people.
1:13.9	If you're like being challenged, don't watch my shows.
1:16.8	What's the matter guys?
1:17.8	To challenge it, boy!
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