
Stewart Lee is a Snowflake!
Written by Michael Jarvie
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Michael Jarvie reviews Stewart Lee's show, Snowflake Tornado Stewart Lee is the undisputed master of anti-comedy, or, if you like, meta-comedy. Drawing on Bertolt Brecht’s theatrical technique, which in German goes by the name of the “verfremdungseffekt” (alienation effect) he antagonises his audience in order to elicit a response, like…