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Andrew Dickens: Comedians bring logic to a fight
The comedian Jimmy Carr is coming back to New Zealand for a nationwide tour the culminates at Auckland's Spark Arena. These are big halls, and he can fill them because he’s that good.
It’s called 'Jimmy Carr Laughs Funny' and he does. It’s so true, it’s funny.
And that’s Jimmy’s thing.
It’s easy to lump comedians like Jimmy, and Ricky Gervais and America’s Bill Maher into a conservative label simply because so much of what they say is politically incorrect.
But what makes them funny is that it’s just true. They point out the hilarity of our tribal positions - both left and right.
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