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"My career is in Britain, basically," [Mike Wilmot] explained recently. "I've spent so much time over there that I sort of de-Brit my act when I come home, rather than the other way around. But it's really all about me and my life, anyway, so it'll translate anywhere."
"One thing that the Brits don't like is anyone who's slick, or too polished -- anyone who seems like they could be doing exactly the same act with no one in the room," he said. "They like to feel like the performer is performing for them directly. In Britain, you have to bring it, every single night; there's a much longer attention span.""It'll keep me busy for a year, from beginning to end, I figure," he said. "But I could still pop over to England to do theatre gigs and stuff like that. If you think of Britain as an eight-hour commute, it doesn't feel that far away."See the full content of this document
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Jolly Old Jollies
Standup found success by taking his comedy across the pond
HE'S a pure, born-and-bred, 100 per cent Canadian comic, but Mike Wilmot's biggest challenge in bringing his...See the full content of this document
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