![]() ![]() His well-crafted comedic narrative encourages the audience to laugh with him at uncomfortable situations, “I’ve always said I don’t think any topic in the world is off limits for comedy,” he says. “I need to get the audience to trust me before I get into the darker subjects, so that they know that I know what I’m doing,” he assures. ![]() Joking that his agent urges him to “drop the fucking sad bit”, his show Dark serves a sucker punch to the audience half way through with a tragic revelation, yet manages to seamlessly get the audience laughing within minutes. Not one to play it safe, Sloss challenges the audience with heavy subject matter, managing to carve hilarious anecdotes from tragedy whether it is finding humour in death in Dark, detailing his toxic relationship in Jigsaw, or a close friend’s sexual assault in X. You go to a comedian’s show and sit there and think, ‘is this about me?’, that’s all being offended is.” there is a level of narcissism to being offended by comedy that I am jealous of. “I don’t enjoy truly offending anyone, I’m still growing and learning. “My intention is never to offend…you’re choosing to be offended.” “I understand my comedy isn’t for everyone, I would never want to be a comedian that appealed to everyone,” admits the Scottish comedian.ĭescribing his sense of humour as a “darkness”, Sloss often questions offensive comedy in his stand up. ![]()
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