Yes, some comedians are lazier about this than others, but comedy is inherently a medium about questioning. Even comedians that I do not like I find myself respecting for their ability to simply notice things that slide by society’s collective critical eye. They challenge the rhetoric of everyday life and tie it up in a bow, handing it over to us under the guise of something as simple as laughing. The comedian notices the things around them, around us, that we’ve grown accustomed to and they set out to challenge our conceptions of them. Not only does each episode function as a standalone comedy special, telling their own self contained narratives, but Acaster is able to tie all four together into one cohesive narrative arc that forms Repertoire.Ī stand-up comedian is, at their best, a storyteller not only for the audience to listen to, but for the people they represent when they get on stage. Repertoire is about one man trying to figure out who he is through the medium of stand-up comedy. Instead, Acaster delivers a four act character study of retired honey-scam-artist-turned-undercover-cop-turned-stand-up-comedian Pat Springleaf/James Acaster.īut it’s also not about any of those things.
Repertoire is more than your average stand-up special.
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