New World Order - Dire, Dreary and Predictable
After dipping in and out of Frankie Boyle's 'New World Order' for the past few weeks I have to say that Scottish satire is on life support.
Frankie allegedly makes sense of the week's news using a mixture of stand-up comedy along with contributions from invited guests.
Yet this supposedly cutting-edge programme is dire, dreary and predictable.
Scotland's political landscape hardly features which is odd given the huge amount of material for Boyle and his guests to work with.
In times past Boyle's barbs would have poked fun at Nicola Sturgeon's 'desperately seeking selfies' behaviour at COP26, Janey Godley's spectacular fall from grace, or the controversial sex vs gender and self-ID debate.
But for the moment at least the political establishment in Scotland can sleep soundly in their beds.
Scotland, Satire and Identity Politics (October 09, 2021)
Steven Camley's great cartoon lampooning Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP is a wake up call to Scottish comedians.
Politicians of all parties are fair game and when they screw up mocking their antics is an essential part of holding political leaders and their parties to account.
Scotland, Satire and Private Eye (April 07, 2021)
Thin-Skinned Comedians (03/12/20)
By Martin Williams - The Herald
Un-godly row: Scots comedian accused of being "extreme" as she calls for Scots Labour probe into 'trolling'
She is the comedian who has made the nation laugh with her video spoofs involving the First Minister's coronavirus briefings.
But her some of her latest online entries have been less than funny, with Janey Godley calling for Scottish Labour to investigate trolling her online.
Thin-Skinned Comedians (26/08/20)
Frankie Boyle everyday stock-in-trade is making jokes at other people's expense - without pulling any punches.
So imagine my surprise when I found out the other day that I've been blocked from Frankie Boyle's Twitter page!
I can't even remember what I said to provoke such a reaction, maybe I criticised Frankie's material about Harvey Price, but who knew the Glasgow comic is so terribly thin-skinned?