Taking a page out of his own interpretation of what motivates British society, Milo Edwards challenges the industry by throwing a glove down at them in the form of his latest hour, How Revolting! Sorry To Offend. In this hour, he provides a running commentary about the British class system, often using his own personal stories and experiences as a lens through which we can interpret the political, social and cultural norms of present-day UK, using his grandmother as an indicator of how spite motivates the people of this country, which he seems to put into practice here.
A rather eclectic commentary on the state of Britain as Edwards sees it
There is a detachment from the material that occurs every so often as his web of thoughts often becomes so convoluted that we need to take a step back and just try to process the material, firstly to hear what he has said, and secondly to understand what exactly he means by it, which is somewhat obfuscated to the point of giving us reason for pause. And whilst Edwards creates a very thorough exploration of this overarching concept of class in Britain, the connection between the material that he uses to do it is often tennous and a little directionless, as if he's hopping between or grabbing at topics as they come to him.
There’s a hyper-intensity to Edwards' delivery that makes it so fact-paced that as soon as he starts a joke, he’s already moved onto a new thought, practically the comedy equivalent of the four-minute mile. It’s certainly a lot to process all at once as Edwards hits his marks, but such is the nature of his material and it is where he also finds strengths as a performer. An hour long rant over voice note would be the best way to describe what happens in this hour.
He plays with the nuances and specificity of the topics that he has chosen to illustrate his overarching point. Edwards employs dry wit, sarcasm and irony at every point of his comedy, so it is hard to tell just how serious he is. A lot of the humour of the hour is based in deep analysis that is intellecutally rigorous, if slightly facetious in the way that it is presented.
How Revolting! Sorry to Offend is essentially a rather eclectic commentary on the state of Britain as Edwards sees it. He thrives in the niche, and this show is a great example of just that.
