There was always a fine line with Frankie Boyle, between funny and just shocking. Which I quite liked about him, because he illustrated that way that comedy is so totally subjective, and he always sort of made you question at what point something becomes funny, and how there really isn't anything that comedy can't explore.
And I've always liked that idea of personal responsibility. That if we, the individual, do not like something, or find it offensive, we can just switch off, and choose not to watch it.
And the trouble he got into for the joke about the Queen was just ridiculous.
Sadly his comedy show he went on to do after Mock, Dramadol nights, was just... too offensive I think. Viewers turned off in their droves, and that's probably the last we'll see of him on tv. I think he sort of needed the panel show format to have other people around him to keep him from going too far off base.
And no, I agree, Good News isn't the same.
As for Doctor Who, I grew up with the old stuff, and it was a very important part of my childhood. Doctor Who repeats, weekdays, 6pm BBC2, regular as clockwork.
Revisiting it years later after nu-who started, I didn't like it as much. I found a lot of the story-telling rather pedestrian, entire episodes where not much happened. So, yeah, it was one of those things I loved in childhood that I revisited as an adult, and kinda didn't enjoy too much. (Blakes 7 remains one of the bigger disappointments of adult life.)
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Date: 2011-10-24 02:32 pm (UTC)And I've always liked that idea of personal responsibility. That if we, the individual, do not like something, or find it offensive, we can just switch off, and choose not to watch it.
And the trouble he got into for the joke about the Queen was just ridiculous.
Sadly his comedy show he went on to do after Mock, Dramadol nights, was just... too offensive I think. Viewers turned off in their droves, and that's probably the last we'll see of him on tv. I think he sort of needed the panel show format to have other people around him to keep him from going too far off base.
And no, I agree, Good News isn't the same.
As for Doctor Who, I grew up with the old stuff, and it was a very important part of my childhood. Doctor Who repeats, weekdays, 6pm BBC2, regular as clockwork.
Revisiting it years later after nu-who started, I didn't like it as much. I found a lot of the story-telling rather pedestrian, entire episodes where not much happened. So, yeah, it was one of those things I loved in childhood that I revisited as an adult, and kinda didn't enjoy too much. (Blakes 7 remains one of the bigger disappointments of adult life.)
So yeah, I much prefer the new Who.
What about you? Which do you prefer?