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James Acasterresents his audience.
Audiences are the worst part of this job, I swear to high Christ, he says.
Do you have any idea how demeaning this job is?
Its not that the audience is too sensitive; its Acaster himself.
The whole situation is mortifying, and the problem is not specific to comedy.
What are the Britsdoingover there?!)
As he says more than once, and as the title suggests, he hates himself.
So hes the butt of many of his own jokes.
fact that his girlfriend left him for Rowan Atkinson, the actor and comedian better known as Mr. Bean.
In most cases, though, that initial set-up then turns around into something else.
Its still a joke.
The emphasis of that story shifts, though.
Its a story about shitting his pants at a steakhouse, and he hates telling it.
I can always sense a wave of disappointment, he says.
Thats not the most embarrassing thing youve told!
Youve said some really personal stuff tonight!
Sure, he says, but that other stuffs not embarrassing.
Its just normal, struggling, mental-health stuff.
Well youve absolutely fucked up that joke, well done, he continues.
Absolutely fucked up a joke with your wokeness, congratulations.
He puts the sunglasses on and finishes the show, with an almost-too-neat closing line that gets rapturous applause.
