Quote Originally Posted by Azar View Post
Not so much nationality, but definitely by gender/race. My general reaction to black comedians is that all the jokes will be about how hard it is to be black and funny impressions of white people in business suits. It's not that racial comedy is bad, but Richard Pryor did it better 30 years ago than most people do it today. Obviously not all black comics are like that, and I like some, it's just my initial bias.
As much as I hate to admit it, I'm the same on that front. Black comedians often all have the same material. Obviously there's exceptions, but in years of watching stand-up, the majority tend to stick with what you described.

I haven't seen much English stand-up. There's a lot of crap in America, but there's also some truly standout performers. I'd imagine it's the same over there. We just don't always get to see the full extent of the other's.