When he was lazy, he was very lazy but now he's dark, very dark.

Pete Cain ambled onto the comedy scene in 2002 with his "lazy man" routine, managing to reach the semi-finals of 'So You Think You're Funny' with his second ever gig and only narrowly missing out on the final. He immediately put audiences at ease with his laid-back, couldn't give a monkeys approach. The dry, intelligent and highly original material made the audience earn their laughter by forcing them to think about the joke before they laughed at it, which is one of the reasons he managed to connect with them so well; claiming such things as his desire "to be a scientist, but not now… way back when it was easy… when you could be the first person to announce that wood floats."

However, in 2005 Cain decided to take a rather different course. He went dark, very dark. Touching on many taboo subjects; the tsunami, Hitler, disability and the benefits of killing in this overpopulated world. Initially, the audience are shocked but it's not long before the laughter comes, as he repeatedly pulls the rug from beneath the feet of their preconceptions. It soon becomes clear that he isn't doing it purely to shock. He's got a point to make and wants the audience's full attention, which he most certainly gets. Strip away the cleverly conceived gags and you're left with a message and an understanding of "People Power" and how it appears to be the only way we're going to change the world for the better. His intention is to inspire his audience into doing their bit, in the hope that everyone doing their bit will help to change things. Ambitious indeed, but he does have a point and it's impossible not to leave thinking slightly differently to how you did when you arrived.

 
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