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Captain Mediocre posted:It does a good job of recreating Shakespearian theatre in the sense that you hear lots of laughter while nothing funny is happening. Shakespeare is absolutely funny, as long as it's being performed and directed by people who are willing to admit that the author liked dick jokes, comedy pratfalls, and men dressing up as women. What irritates me about Upstart Crow is the idea that Shakespeare *wouldn't* have gleefully made The Comedy of Errors as a musical if musicals had been invented at the same time as mystery plays. Trin Tragula fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Mar 2, 2018 |
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Red Oktober posted:Has anyone watched Save Me? I’m tempted to try it as I loved Line of Duty. As far as I can tell the only link it's got to Line of Duty besides Lennie James is they've got one EP in common. On paper it should be great with that cast but the trailer really didn't sell me on it all that much.
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So glad Young Offenders was mentioned earlier, not heard of it before but loving it so far.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Yeah I think I gave up on Jonah after the first episode and only recently remembered it existed too. A shame, as Summer Heights High felt great when it first aired. Didn't SSH have a tonne of blackface too? Chris Lilley having an acclaimed career is one of those things that just astounds me about Australian TV. Then again, we gave Matt Lucas and David Walliams careers for doing the same thing.
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Mar 4, 2018 20:04
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Yeah I think it was the shock elements of stuff like Little Britain that made SHH and similar acceptable, but attitudes shifted a lot by the time Jonah came around. I don’t remember the details of what I even saw of the spinoff but I know it was bad enough that I walked away forever. Australia is a weird place as it just seems a cultural wasteland. I guess it’s their ‘right wing by default’ attitudes, but a huge amount of what I saw being aired there was localized British stuff. Their version of Harry Hills TV Burp had zero originality of their own, just recycled stuff. It’s sad, because there’s a few things from there that shine (reminds me I need to try more of The Katering Show) like The Chaser, but it’s so few and far between.
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Mar 4, 2018 20:41
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Since you mentioned The Chaser I’ll also say Shaun Micallef is also great.
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Mar 4, 2018 20:43
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Kath and Kim is great Australian telly.
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thehustler posted:Since you mentioned The Chaser I’ll also say Shaun Micallef is also great. I watched the first episode of the current season of his show he’s doing right now, and I just didn’t know enough about the people involved to get into it  somehow The Chaser were always able to transcend that. I used to like Micallefs old show from years back although I remember practically nothing about it now!
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Pissflaps posted:Kath and Kim is great Australian telly.
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Gorn Myson posted:Also well worth checking out The Katering Show on YouTube. One of the funniest things I've seen in years. They've also done Get Krack!n last year, but it wasn't as good, imo.
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Trin Tragula posted:Shakespeare is absolutely funny, as long as it's being performed and directed by people who are willing to admit that the author liked dick jokes, comedy pratfalls, and men dressing up as women. What irritates me about Upstart Crow is the idea that Shakespeare *wouldn't* have gleefully made The Comedy of Errors as a musical if musicals had been invented at the same time as mystery plays.
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Upstart Crow is awful because there's several jokes that make it incredibly clear the Ben Elton thinks he's a better comedy writer than literal Shakespeare And they say words like 'boobingtons'
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Third Strike was the best of a middling bunch so far. The others were fairly Meh, but have been improving. I like the books as an easy read between 800 page fantasy epics or nonfiction histories, so I already knew the story, and they dealt with the ambiguity of the suspects well and trimmed a lot of stuff that would have been hard to portray/fit in to the time. However, Strike’s firing of Robin after exposing Brockbank was way too rushed. That builds up over a long time and by the time it happens he’s half out of his mind for worry about her which didn’t really come across. And in general the last ten minutes felt very sparse and tenuous. I liked how not drawn out the final fight with Laing was in the flat, short scuffle and done - refreshing not to see a long punching match for once.
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Paladinus posted:They've also done Get Krack!n last year, but it wasn't as good, imo. It was more uneven, probably because of the extended runtime, but they also had moments that had me literally crying from laughter.
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EL BROMANCE posted:Australia is a weird place as it just seems a cultural wasteland. Not UK TV, but Review started off in Australia. Only seen one episode of their version, but it's pretty dark. Must go back to it. For anyone who hasn't seen the US Version, I cannot recommend it enough, genuinely one of the funniest series I've ever seen.
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Pissflaps posted:Kath and Kim is great Australian telly. Kath and Kim was great, and Summer Heights High had its moments, if you overlook some of the dodgier characters, but oh my god Australian TV is bad. When I stayed with my expat relatives I genuinely missed British TV, which looks fresh and exciting when compared to a schedule of soaps, more soaps, Aussie version of one of our reality shows, and really old repeats of British and American TV. It's quite surprising that they've never really developed their own market.
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Mar 5, 2018 11:42
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Lots more Mandy in the new episode of This Country, it's a really good episode. No new tattoos though  (I just realised the actress that plays her is also the terrifying cafe owner in Man Down)
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Mar 5, 2018 11:56
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Bafta winning, Oscar nominated actor Daniel Kaluuya: https://youtu.be/Tw5d8GwEC2s
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Rondette posted:Lots more Mandy in the new episode of This Country, it's a really good episode. No new tattoos though gently caress, I knew I recognized her from something else. BOB I still can't believe they genuinely managed to get Mark Hamill to play Bob.
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Rondette posted:Lots more Mandy in the new episode of This Country, it's a really good episode. No new tattoos though I loved this week's episode! Another really strong outing from those guys.
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Mar 5, 2018 14:52
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That poo poo David Mitchell Shakespeare thing is on Netflix UK, six episodes. I did a double take, but I guess UKTV Gold is just showing some poo poo old BBC thing as new?
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Mar 5, 2018 16:31
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I made it less than a minute into Upstart Crow on Netflix, gently caress me it was bad.
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Rondette posted:Lots more Mandy in the new episode of This Country, it's a really good episode. No new tattoos though Oh my god that episode from the 1st series is great.
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Might chance a visit to ITV tonight for Tom Davis's (Murder in Sucessville) Action Team. The ad was good for a few chuckles.
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Mar 5, 2018 18:40
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Whorelord posted:Bafta winning, Oscar nominated actor Daniel Kaluuya: Daniel Kaluuya is awesome, was amazing in Get Out, but was hilariously miscast in Black Panther. He is completely lacking in gravitas and I couldn't stop snickering.
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Mar 5, 2018 18:53
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get your cakes out you pair of fannies
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SEX BURRITO posted:Kath and Kim was great, and Summer Heights High had its moments, if you overlook some of the dodgier characters, but oh my god Australian TV is bad. When I stayed with my expat relatives I genuinely missed British TV, which looks fresh and exciting when compared to a schedule of soaps, more soaps, Aussie version of one of our reality shows, and really old repeats of British and American TV. It's quite surprising that they've never really developed their own market. I don't think Aussie comedy will ever top BARGEARSE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u9bWQoQVIQ
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Daniel Kaluuya is awesome, was amazing in Get Out, but was hilariously miscast in Black Panther. He is completely lacking in gravitas and I couldn't stop snickering. I really liked him in Black Panther but he was definitely too young for the part, it felt weird.
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SeanBeansShako posted:get your cakes out you pair of fannies New thread title? We are overdue. Or I’d go for ‘I got a baby Oleg from a smoke-free, pet-free home’. Good episode. I love Mandy.
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Whorelord posted:Bafta winning, Oscar nominated actor Daniel Kaluuya: An pair of ex Hollyoaks actors have just won an Oscar. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43287786
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Attn: EL BROMANCE: https://www.facebook.com/thechaser/posts/10155033515426230
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SEX BURRITO posted:New thread title? We are overdue. Or I’d go for ‘I got a baby Oleg from a smoke-free, pet-free home’. Poor Kerry was so confused at being fancied
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thehustler posted:Attn: EL BROMANCE: https://www.facebook.com/thechaser/posts/10155033515426230 Oh fun, wonder if they’ll also release them as podcasts. I just want War Against Everything back
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Mr Beens posted:An pair of ex Hollyoaks actors have just won an Oscar. Also, apparently a terrible landlord: https://np.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/8221mr/official_oscar_thread_2018/dv6wgnz/
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This Country is so loving good. What kind of reception is it getting over there?
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Over where? The UK? Not massive as far as I can tell, a bit like the Detectorists, people who see it love it. But not many have seen it.
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SalTheBard posted:This Country is so loving good. What kind of reception is it getting over there? Good critical reviews, but I don't know anyone in real life who watches it. It's a tough sell when you try to recommend it to people. 'It's a show about two cousins who live rurally and do nothing and it's really well observed!'
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It's the sort of thing that nobody in big cities is going to watch, in the same way that nobody outside Hoxton would have had any reason to watch Nathan Barley, I only started with it because Paul Chahidi's playing the vicar
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Kevin Eldon was in Eastenders playing a hitman last night. I can't quite believe it, I wonder if he auditioned or if someone wanted him in it?
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