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Acaster repertoire12/7/2023 Memorably, in the third episode of “Repertoire,” called “Reset,” Acaster uses the witness protection program as a way to talk about wanting to get a new start in life. These narratives gave his shows a punch and a cohesion that set it apart from other stand-up specials. What originally made me love Acaster as a comic, and his specials in “Repertoire,” was his use of fictional overarching narratives - working as a traffic man, serving on a jury or being an undercover cop - to talk indirectly about issues in his own life. But compared with Acaster’s previous four specials, collected in the Netflix series “Repertoire,” I was disappointed. It is in many ways a startling and excellent stand-up special. ![]() I was lucky enough to see “Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999” through a livestream event in December 2020. From there, he moves to mocking Ricky Gervais’ transphobia and relating his horrible experiences on “The Great Celebrity Bake Off.” ![]() This is peak Acaster, in an uncomfortable and fraught relationship with his audience. ![]() He declares he’s uncomfortable with them, and wants to attract a new, edgier audience. He complains about a well-intentioned fan and her mother coming to see him after a show, and swears off (literally) his old clean style, in an effort to scare off a fanbase increasingly filled with Christians. James Acaster begins his newest comic special, “Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999,” by mocking his audience.
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