I guess she isn’t as accomplished a political operator as he was a comedian. As a comedian he was a deliciously silly blancmange of fun; as a political figure she is often rather po-faced and dull (IMHO)
Great piece, Rowan. Matches my own experience of being completely undone by Izzard in his mid 90s prime, and by the new bliss of comedy without coordinates [viz Vic and Bob's surrealism]. And his trajectory since does indeed somehow both mirror and embody and shame his wider generation, with him always somehow out in front, just disappearing into a hazy future, idiosyncratically. And where he has gone now exactly -- the Sheffield MP fiasco, getting caught in the minefields of the Terf wars? Somehow, watching him, tracking him is always instructive, because always somehow unprecedented.
Is there maybe even merit in a longer treatment of this subject, with Izzard as its lodestar? Is there a book in this? THE AGE OF IZZARD or WE ARE EDDIE: How Gen X Got Lost in Gender or somesuch
I guess she isn’t as accomplished a political operator as he was a comedian. As a comedian he was a deliciously silly blancmange of fun; as a political figure she is often rather po-faced and dull (IMHO)
Izzard has followed a well-trodden comedy path of ceasing to be funny while still demanding attention
Great piece, Rowan. Matches my own experience of being completely undone by Izzard in his mid 90s prime, and by the new bliss of comedy without coordinates [viz Vic and Bob's surrealism]. And his trajectory since does indeed somehow both mirror and embody and shame his wider generation, with him always somehow out in front, just disappearing into a hazy future, idiosyncratically. And where he has gone now exactly -- the Sheffield MP fiasco, getting caught in the minefields of the Terf wars? Somehow, watching him, tracking him is always instructive, because always somehow unprecedented.
Is there maybe even merit in a longer treatment of this subject, with Izzard as its lodestar? Is there a book in this? THE AGE OF IZZARD or WE ARE EDDIE: How Gen X Got Lost in Gender or somesuch