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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 04/09/2026

UK folks, what connotation does the word "knotty" have and why has it been used in four separate reviews of my standup show??

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 04/09/2026

Exciting although I want to know what game my prototype number cards came from :)

Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 31/08/2026

Happy birthday to @theaterbear.com ... my husband, creative partner, best friend, and favorite person in the world. I love you baby, here's to many more!

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 31/08/2026

I have no idea why, but washing my clothes in the UK has completely discolored them, it definitely seems like it's from a pair of jeans I have, but it's a set of clothes I've washed together at least a dozen times in the US and it was always colorfast

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 27/08/2026

California actors, it's worth checking this to see if any residual checks went astray! claimit.ca.gov

claimit.ca.gov

California Unclaimed Property

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 26/08/2026

Whoa, I'm actively shocked that Elf Lyons was not nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award... there has not been a show this month that more people have recommended by word of mouth

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 20/08/2026

It's me in The Guardian with a joke that has slightly changed form in the current show, tix available today for CHRIS GRACE 88% at Assembly Studios! www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/a...

theguardian.com

Magicians and margarine: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2026

Every year, hundreds of standups from across the world descend on the venerable festival. Here are some of their finest one-liners

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 19/08/2026

Update the venue is claiming that because I got to the entrance of the venue 23 seconds late that my tickets were forfeit. They have confirmed this on CCTV. Btw not sure how they know what I look like

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 19/08/2026

Yep and sell them to pay what you can folks (which I’m in support of generally but they should be a separate allocation of tickets). Now in a runaround about getting a refund.

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 19/08/2026

Absolutely insane policy for a venue to release your paid tickets at Fringe when you’ve shown up five minutes ahead of the start, especially considering how close times run at the Festival, and no other venues run this way. Guess I’m not seeing Phil Ellis this year on my day off.

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 15/08/2026

"Media literacy is dead" and "you're overthinking it, just enjoy it" are mostly incompatible

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 14/08/2026

from your lips to god's ears!

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 13/08/2026

Stop fucking up things That are a rich source of joy In my life you dolts

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 11/08/2026

I love "Watchmen", but why would Adrian Veidt choose to be called Ozymandias when he obviously would have known about the ironic Shelley poem?

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 11/08/2026

I understand the message of this image but the notion of little wire fence bird creatures tearing themselves away from their grid prison and squeak-flapping everywhere is terrifying to me

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 10/08/2026

believe me depending on how 2028 goes it's definitely a secondary plan

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 10/08/2026

I genuinely don't have imposter syndrome but sometimes people are so positive about my work that I start to think they are talking about someone else. Anyway here's a five-star review!!! "a riveting hour of introspection" edfestmag.com/chris-grace-...

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Chris Grace: 88% - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

Words: Calum BaxterImage: Jill Petracek 5 stars This afternoon’s performance begins by Chris regaling us with an anecdote about a friend who made a racist joke in his presence. This anecdote becomes ...

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 10/08/2026

I think I would live a healthier life in the UK because I like going to bookstores and game stores to buy stuff when I'm bored at night and most of them here are like "nope we closed at 3pm" On the other hand maybe I would just start drinking

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 08/08/2026

There's actually a dissonance here between pop culture notions of gender and academic ideas (like from Judith Butler et al), but that's not worth hashing out here. The point is that Kanter has no intention of identifying as a woman and is therefore ineligible to play in the WNBA

Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 08/08/2026

My next 4 shows are sold out and a 4-star review just came in... get your tix soon! www.onthemic.co.uk/reviews/chri...

onthemic.co.uk

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 08/08/2026

The WNBA CBA says "only women can play in the WNBA". So if Enes Kanter wants to live and exist as a woman in the world, then Enes can play in the WNBA. If he is doing this as a stunt, and is not actually identifying as a woman, then he's ineligible to play, simple as

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I'd be very surprised to discover a truly great work that uses tropes without misdirecting or subverting them

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not yet, but seeing some shows this weekend... although the "Atomic Monopoly" show is totally sold out!

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fringe is such bullshit, people cancel shows when they clearly aren't busy, like what else does this dude have going on that he bailed on this talk

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because often critics are providing perspective about if a fan service movie would have any interest beyond the fandom... and if it's just for the fandom what do folks care about what critics say anyway?

disagree, and I find often tropes are used by genre-lovers to defend their genre when there are always exemplars in each genre that defy the tropes

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completely disagree. I loved "Breaking Bad" because it was so unpredictable, linear, and avoided so many tropes of the genre it was nominally attached to... most of the things I love don't ring out tropes as waypoints in the narrative

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i think pointing out that something is a trope in a movie as a criticism is fine because most of the time a critic is saying "this is a cliche and therefore predictable and boring"... eg it's okay to say things are boring

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I think it's healthy that have someone in your life that is really nice to you and treats you wonderfully that you secretly despise

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ahhh i need those playing cards

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Crowd Control is the Dyson Daniels of Dropout

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