A style of comedy rejecting established (especially racist or sexist) stereotypes and sometimes having a political component.
替补喜剧，替换喜剧（反对固有套路特别是种族主义或男性至上主义的模式，有时有政治成分）
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Top-quality alternative comedy is coming to Bromley this week with the opening of a new fortnightly comedy club.
Their first series, Girls on Top, was followed by the eponymous French and Saunders whereupon they quickly became the female faces of alternative comedy.
He went on to find success in his own right, topping the bill at the London Palladium five times in 10 years, as well as paving the way for alternative comedy with The Goon Show.
Fourteen years later I started doing stand-up comedy in Boston, hanging out at comedy clubs and alternative comedy rooms in Boston.
Their humour bridged the gap between highbrow '60s satire and '80s alternative comedy.