Curiousity made me follow the link. Not sure if you're the writer or not and I couldnt work out how to drop a comment on Vox blog...
I found the entry interesting, a bit bewildering too. But yeah, British tv- comedy in particular- has come out of the cosy and the whimsy and into some often really edgy/dark/weird territory, hurrah! If you/the author of the piece get a chance, see if you can find the following on the Net:
1.'Three Non-Blondes' three black women who do crazy things with/to unsuspecting members of the public.I'm a black woman and I was torn between shrieking at some of the sketches, hiding behind the sofa, and wetting myself with laughter. 2. 'Tittybangbang'- mostly female troup who do sketches that are in screamingly bad taste...brilliant (a fave character is the woman who has had too much cosmetic surgery and whose silicon is always seeping..visibly).There are running gags where some of the women play male perverts..convincingly. 3.'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps' erm, a sitcom about a group of young people.Rude, vulgar, great! 4.The Catherine Tate Show- female comedienne does sketches sometime going further than 'Little Britain'. See her schoolgirl character, Lauren for what some of the stroppiest London teens are like right now 5.'Nighty Night'- Ive yet to see this. Apparently its dark, sick, and brilliant sitcom written by a woman, who acts as main character in it. 6.'Surburban Shootout' (just finished) set in the village of Little Stempington its 'Desperate Housewives' on crack as these upper middle class women in a crime free village are all gangsters-unknown to their oblivious,smug menfolk.Mixing dinner parties and Uzzis, a racket pushing souped up eostrogen HRT patches bought from the French mafia, murderous protection rackets involving librarians...satire at its best.
They will have you reeling about the place stunned, and definately revising your view of dear old Blighty. They are some of the hot tv stuff right now- most have been nominated for awards- and seem to be all written by and starring women. :):)
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Date: 2006-08-07 01:27 am (UTC)I found the entry interesting, a bit bewildering too. But yeah, British tv- comedy in particular- has come out of the cosy and the whimsy and into some often really edgy/dark/weird territory, hurrah!
If you/the author of the piece get a chance, see if you can find the following on the Net:
1.'Three Non-Blondes' three black women who do crazy things with/to unsuspecting members of the public.I'm a black woman and I was torn between shrieking at some of the sketches, hiding behind the sofa, and wetting myself with laughter.
2. 'Tittybangbang'- mostly female troup who do sketches that are in screamingly bad taste...brilliant (a fave character is the woman who has had too much cosmetic surgery and whose silicon is always seeping..visibly).There are running gags where some of the women play male perverts..convincingly.
3.'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps' erm, a sitcom about a group of young people.Rude, vulgar, great!
4.The Catherine Tate Show- female comedienne does sketches sometime going further than 'Little Britain'. See her schoolgirl character, Lauren for what some of the stroppiest London teens are like right now
5.'Nighty Night'- Ive yet to see this. Apparently its dark, sick, and brilliant sitcom written by a woman, who acts as main character in it.
6.'Surburban Shootout' (just finished) set in the village of Little Stempington its 'Desperate Housewives' on crack as these upper middle class women in a crime free village are all gangsters-unknown to their oblivious,smug menfolk.Mixing dinner parties and Uzzis, a racket pushing souped up eostrogen HRT patches bought from the French mafia, murderous protection rackets involving librarians...satire at its best.
They will have you reeling about the place stunned, and definately revising your view of dear old Blighty. They are some of the hot tv stuff right now- most have been nominated for awards- and seem to be all written by and starring women. :):)