Anti-White PC Manginas Activate!

This hard-hitting stand-up routine aimed to break down generalisations.

Anti-White PC Manginas Activate!

Dick Coughlan did this by stating them outright – no matter how taboo – exploring them and illegitimating them, to middling success. Following straight on from Dave Chawker's Circumcision at the ever-bustling Hobgoblin, in Coughlan we had a white, liberal, Southern male who was on the side of the minorities: the LGBT+ community and non-Christian religious groups.

His aggressive delivery set him up as an equal, opposing force to the stereotypically belligerent, right-wing bigot, whose views he was to spend an hour attempting to quash. Some comedians mock their subjects with considered calm, Coughlan with powerful vitriol. The show took a jab at political correctness, throwing the niceties straight out the window. He addressed all the icky subjects.

His progression through many a taboo topic took the audience on a bit of a rollercoaster, from inward hissing, to rage and rib-tickling laughter.

As part of his tirade, he read out some incendiary remarks from trolls and bullies. When a drunken older man in the audience cheered at the defamatory remarks, rather than the comedian's tongue-in-cheek presentation of them, a wave of discomfort that even Coughlan didn't seem to have expected fell over the room.

Somewhat of an ethnic banter know-it-all, I am certainly not sensitive when it comes to any tricky topics anymore. But can you go too far with satire? I think so. There can come a point when the awkwardness and discomfort outweighs the hilarity no matter how much you know they don't mean it. Coughlan certainly plays havoc with the boundary.

* * * * *


Anti-White PC Manginas Activate! (18+) By Dick Coughlan is on until the 15th

For more details go here.

Author

Bhavesh Jadva

Bhavesh Jadva Voice Team

Former Media Editor on Voice and former Arts Award Editor on AAoV covering film, TV, music and comedy.

We need your help supporting young creatives

Recent posts by this author

View more posts by Bhavesh Jadva

0 Comments

Post A Comment

You must be signed in to post a comment. Click here to sign in now

You might also like

Creating community cohesion with Damon Jackson-Waldock from the UK’s first Studio of Sanctuary

Creating community cohesion with Damon Jackson-Waldock from the UK’s first Studio of Sanctuary

by Sienna James

Read now