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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2019 21:47:31 GMT
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The Day Today - IRA
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Withnail & I - Washing Up
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Post by lokie on Sept 8, 2019 22:05:23 GMT
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Post by Crunchy Col on Sept 8, 2019 22:32:02 GMT
B, of course. Both McGann and Grant excel in this scene - one of the funniest in the whole film.
A's moderately funny but I could never be arsed with Chris Morris and his smart-arsed Oxbridge wordplay and social warrior bollocks.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Sept 8, 2019 23:10:46 GMT
Both of these just set me on edge. I'm not comfortable laughing at either.
B, I guess, as I at least recognize the skill at work in the performances.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Sept 9, 2019 6:24:00 GMT
B
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Post by fonz on Sept 9, 2019 7:58:08 GMT
A was fucking genius when it was on telly the first time. Biting satire that really showed the absurdity of...lots of things.
B is an ok scene in a good film.
A all the way
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 8:21:06 GMT
A
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 9:33:39 GMT
A is an effective skewering of the ludicrous broadcasting restrictions then in place, but it's a bit too one note to qualify as very funny. It's an okay gag though.
B's use of language is inspired and the mounting hysteria is beautifully played and very funny. The fucking kettle's on fire!
Easily B
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Post by Crunchy Col on Sept 9, 2019 9:34:47 GMT
I've just realised it's Steve Coogan!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 16:42:12 GMT
B
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Post by DarknessFish on Sept 13, 2019 10:57:13 GMT
I thought that The Day Today was probably the finest satire of the modern age, better than Brass Eye or Jam. I love the end of the sketch too, just the unlikeliest sentence to be used on the news.
I like the use of language in B, but I've never really found Withnail that funny, and I seem to be alone in that. It's a great setting, the dialogue is beautifully florid, but it just doesn't hit me in the funny bone. Bruce Robinson's book on Jack the Ripper (They All Love Jack) is brilliant though, and just as florid and sweary.
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Post by fange on Sept 14, 2019 5:24:54 GMT
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Post by rayge on Sept 15, 2019 0:00:56 GMT
I like the use of language in B, but I've never really found Withnail that funny, and I seem to be alone in that. Not at all. Too Baroque for yocks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2019 21:26:51 GMT
A: Fonz 6
B: G 5
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