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   <title>New Statesman - <![CDATA[Stewart Lee]]></title>
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   <title><![CDATA[When a knob joke is better than Brecht]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Stewart Lee</dc:creator>
  
  <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Comedy has ruined Edinburgh. The Fringe, formerly a venue for alternative theatre, is now merely a showcase for gagsters who wannabe on telly. Or so goes the criticism. Stewart Lee, writer/director of Jerry Springer: the opera, doesn't think much of it</em></p>

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