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The Wee Man is one of several broad caricatures of scummy, feral youth currently doing the circuit. But it’s hard to see much that sets his squawking caricature of a Glaswegian ned apart from any other chav, scally, schemie or bogan. The material is very hit and miss. He takes some very easy pot-shots at the Americans and the English, and leans heavily on aggression and swearing to provoke a reaction. And the character beneath the Burberry cap and 'Fuck Yeez' T-shirt is one-dimensional. But there are glimpses that he could be better than this, such as a nice gag about the poverty line being draw around his house and an entertaining bit of business about the difference between a golfer and a threat to national security being down to nothing more than the angle of your baseball cap. He's also a rapper with an impressive YouTube following – more than1.5million downloads and counting. But in a stand-up set, the character still struggles to stand out.
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