7 years ago
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“Misery Loves Comedy”
Have you heard the one about how stand-up comics are pathologically needy folks who crave attention and affection from strangers? Oh, okay. Well, how about the one where they tend to have dysfunctional relationships and can only really relate to other comedian...
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“The Trip to Italy” Puts Too Much On Its Plate
The Trip, which began life as a 6-episode BBC series and was subsequently cut down to a feature for festival and home video distribution, was a study in contrasts. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon played lightly fictionalized versions of themselves as two actors co...
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Knowing “Alan Partridge”: The British DJ’s Big-Screen Debut Forgets What He’s All About
You could say Alan Partridge was made for the Internet Age. The British comedy persona, a disc jockey from Norfolk and disastrous one-time BBC chat presenter, is a real new media junkie. Pushing sixty at this point, Partridge has relaunched himself on the late...
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Glitz, Gloss and Flesh in Michael Winterbottom’s Shapely ‘The Look of Love’
Director Michael Winterbottom and actor Steve Coogan's latest unorthodox biopic is yet another dizzying, boundlessly engaging achievement from the as-of-yet inextinguishable pairing behind 24 Hour Party People, Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story and The ...
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