Brit Comedy & Access
This writer decries the loss of 'indigenous' comedy Benny Hill in the pursuit of access.
Interesting notion, but I think the writer shows his age. Low-brow though it is, Benny Hill is an artefact of its era, with about as much humour today as Michael Richards' attempts at postmodernist reconstruction of racial humour.
What interests me a whole lot more is the inverse point the writer makes at the end - that of the access of American productions in the UK. Sure, there's always been something of that, but what added risk of 'cultural invasion' with direct downloads, oh Heroes/24/West Wing-addicted friends of mine? Even with the likes of Simon Pegg referencing numerous American films - I don't see this necessarily becoming a full-on danger in the way that, say, Canada has.
Interesting notion, but I think the writer shows his age. Low-brow though it is, Benny Hill is an artefact of its era, with about as much humour today as Michael Richards' attempts at postmodernist reconstruction of racial humour.
What interests me a whole lot more is the inverse point the writer makes at the end - that of the access of American productions in the UK. Sure, there's always been something of that, but what added risk of 'cultural invasion' with direct downloads, oh Heroes/24/West Wing-addicted friends of mine? Even with the likes of Simon Pegg referencing numerous American films - I don't see this necessarily becoming a full-on danger in the way that, say, Canada has.