In the old system, that's how you got discovered. And so i had to just sweat it out on stage. It is a feeling i think a lot of people you now don't want to go through. That's not your lived experience. The head of the awards is d lady called nika burns and she said in 20 18: 'i'm looking forward to the next generation of woke comedians deciding what is and isn't acceptable on the stage' Now they are paying to fly guardian journalists to the festival for them to see shows. These are the same Guardian journalists who then go round and review everything based on the politics of the show - as opposed to the jokes in it.

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