tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post112573795715008722..comments2007-04-27T15:16:25.923+01:00Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01046573566773689909noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1126451063346676172005-09-11T16:04:00.000+01:002005-09-11T16:04:00.000+01:00We Germans are also funny Becky, just last night I laughed Please ensure we are included in any future lists of funny things<BR/><BR/>HansHanshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/news/2005/02/16/17089.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125874999979035962005-09-05T00:03:00.000+01:002005-09-05T00:03:00.000+01:00So what's the view about <BR/>'Emily' from The Little Britain? <BR/><BR/>Grayson Perry in his thing on tv earlier in the year applauded this character because she (uncannily, unless David Walliams <I>is</I> actually a tranny) picked up on a few very funny and slightly uncomfortable truths about what we do and why we do it. I tend to agree with his take - it's a joke that works from the inside <I>and</I> out - if you're part of the community you can enjoy it with a smile of rueful recognition (of sorts!), if you're outside the community it's just very funny. And at times Emily is seen 'reverting' to maleness (in the loo, on the phone etc) - thus putting her back in touch with the whole audience (saying she is, after all, just like everyone, something the Little Britian team is good at doing...)<BR/><BR/>'Goodness Gracious Me' seemed to work in a similar way, and was very popular with Asian viewers because it laid bare a few truths - but to others of us was simply well done and enjoyable at other levels. The Kumars and the most recent Meet the Magoons (spelling?) seem to do the same thing.<BR/><BR/>(There was, conversely, a ghastly thing on Radio 4 a year or two back - a serial about a guy who comes out as a tranny to his family. It was supposed to be funny, but it took itself too seriously and was so teeth grindingly self conscious.) <BR/><BR/><I><B>Or</I></B> is Emily simply son (daughter?) of Dick Emery??!<BR/><BR/><BR/>PS Was up in your neck of the woods recently Becky. Craned my neck out of car at Kings Lynn (en route to agreeable West Norfolk holiday let) to see if I could spot the girl who has made the Tranny Capital of the Fens famous! Alas you must have been otherwise engaged ;-)Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865701591670011798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125789939214924362005-09-04T00:25:00.000+01:002005-09-04T00:25:00.000+01:00I agree with Clair - the bounty advert is just plain shit - how dare they name some toilet paper after my favourite chocolate bar.<BR/><BR/>[ok, that wasn't that funny, but at least give me credit for trying...]Marcianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125772022825462362005-09-03T19:27:00.000+01:002005-09-03T19:27:00.000+01:00I agree with you to an extent but the problem is that the media deals entirely in cliches. I recently had a script read at a rehearsed reading at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in which there was a tranny character, and the actor playing the part did a wonderful impression of Tim Curry.... which was nice.... but not my intention when I wrote the play.<BR/><BR/>I guess it is more a question of what is being laughed at, and the way in which you are laughing.... yeah I know it sounds pompous... loleeorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11423019781186814099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125767320253192832005-09-03T18:08:00.001+01:002005-09-03T18:08:00.001+01:00Oops! Never mind. ::blush::Mianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125767286736013292005-09-03T18:08:00.000+01:002005-09-03T18:08:00.000+01:00Why did it say my name was Karin? I'm confused.Mianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125767228924308132005-09-03T18:07:00.000+01:002005-09-03T18:07:00.000+01:00I really agree. Besides, what isn't funny about some guy sitting in front of a makeup mirror making those faces we have to make to apply our makeup? I mean, that's funny enough when my girlfriend does it!Mianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125766135798830652005-09-03T17:48:00.000+01:002005-09-03T17:48:00.000+01:00I agree - some very good points Becky. Although it is starting to happen already - Little Britain, League of Gentlemen. Don't tell me that they're not trannies.Karinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125747556624020702005-09-03T12:39:00.000+01:002005-09-03T12:39:00.000+01:00Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Actually the only thing funnier than a bloke in a frock is a bloke in a frock trying to run. Try it sometime. I piss myself every time.Miss Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570825829735689518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125742012868028782005-09-03T11:06:00.000+01:002005-09-03T11:06:00.000+01:00learn to laugh at ourselves before we laugh at others....jasHazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471699657218546887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12075435.post-1125740491287163652005-09-03T10:41:00.000+01:002005-09-03T10:41:00.000+01:00Can we campaign to take the bounty advert off air anyway? Not because "paints a negative picture of transgenderism", but because it's a crap advert?Clairhttp://www.merialc.comnoreply@blogger.com