A STAND-UP comedian can be many things: a clown, a fool, a misanthrope, a space cadet, a machine-gun, a battering ram, even a woman on occasion. But most of all, they have to be a barometer.
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What makes stand-ups put themselves in the firing line night after night?
the magners glasgow international comedy festival is coming to town. But what makes a stand-up risk breaking his funny bones night after night? BY GRAEME VIRTUE
