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SHORTCOMINGS: Basden is not one of the better shooting guard prospects in the draft.
USATODAY.com 2005
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POSITIVES: Basden is a mentally and physically tough player who loves being in the thick of plays.
USATODAY.com 2005
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The in-house philosophy of their erstwhile comedy sketch troupe Cowards which also included playwright and comic Stefan Golaszewski was that "even to think in terms of laughs is to belittle what you're doing", says Basden.
Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution Brian Logan 2010
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Suddenly, Watson's gang he, Key, Basden, Mohammed and Sweet were Cambridge Footlights near-contemporaries realised that "it's not just about writing material then compacting it down to an hour's show", says Key.
Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution Brian Logan 2010
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From Key and Basden, such an adaptation is, in its very unexpectedness, exactly what one might expect.
Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution Brian Logan 2010
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According to Basden and Key, comedy should be less frivolous – and theatre could be funnier.
Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution Brian Logan 2010
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Expect a subtler brand of comedy in Joseph K, says Basden.
Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution Brian Logan 2010
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Key, Basden and their generation are engaged in a game of creative one-upmanship that should result in more imaginative comedy – and funnier theatre – for all of us.
Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution Brian Logan 2010
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Basden sources the movement to the Edinburgh fringe, where for several years, acts like Daniel Kitson and Will Adamsdale have blurred the lines between comedy and theatre.
Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution Brian Logan 2010
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But Basden is a standup, too, as is 2009 Edinburgh comedy award champ Tim Key, and they are respectively writer of, and actor in, a new version of Kafka's The Trial that hits the London stage next month.
Move over McIntyre: Kafka comics lead a standup revolution Brian Logan 2010
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