What is your understanding of the terms alternative and/or post-alternative comedy?

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Alternative Comedy

Comedy can generally be defined as a humorous discourse with a key intention of amusing the audience either on the screen or in a theatre Although comedy has undergone a major revolution over the years , its core and original intent still remain the same . Whether referring to the comic theatre that originated in the ancient Greece or to the idea of comedy as conceptualized today , comedy is depicted through use of humour and satire meant to provoke laughter . Alternative comedy is style of

br comedy that was introduced in the 70s and 80s that sought to challenge the existing social and political conventions by ridiculing the political class while sometimes using unconventional language to describe issues affecting humanity

Alternative comedy owes its roots to the United Kingdom in the 1980s as a style clearly limited to the theatres and nightclubs before it would later become mainstream . As the term denotes , alternative comedy sought to break from the mainstream by ceasing to rely on the standardized delivery of comedy as it was popularly known and instead focusing on a fresh infusion of humorous and often politically offensive punch lines . The alternative comedy can first be traced to networks such as Channel Four and BBC . At its initial stages , the alternative comedy was not meant for the mass audiences and the participants were not drawn form the usual elite club of comedians but rather were drawn from Cambridge and Manchester University . This group of comedians lacked in...