The show itself is a great example on how to be funny and provocative at the same time. All the episodes are available…. This programme attracted numerous complaints and is still uncomfortable viewing, although very well done. If you want some of the best satire and parody of British television, you absolutely have to watch Brass Eye. Thank goodness for Chris Morris.
A parody show that satires various "hot button" topics by embodying the worst qualities of news and media; it's sensational, fear-mongering and panders to a white, middle-class demographic. It's similar to Borat at times, where actors playing characters trick real people into saying the most ridiculous things.
My favourite example is when Chris Morris attempts to buy drugs off of what seems to be a real-life dealer who doesn't realise he's being filmed. The bulk of the show's entertainment comes from it's extremely dry and deadpan sense of humour, which I'm really fond of. It's so quotable. Jokes are woven into nearly every sentence, and the actors will say them with the straightest of….
The writing, the satire on so many types of things on TV, the comical editing, fantastic presenting, I could go on. Quotes Ted Maul : Kids burst shops by filling them with rice, and pouring in water: then standing back and laughing, while the bricks are ripped apart by the swelling food.
Alternate versions When the show first aired in , some of the more controversial sketches were cut on the orders of the then-head of Channel 4 programming Michael Grade, most notably a piece concerning a musical based on the life of and starring the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.
The series was repeated in with the Sutcliffe sketch and some other material shown uncut, and with the subliminal message removed.
Connections Featured in Storm Over 4 User reviews 26 Review. Top review. Brass neck, keen eye. Chris Morris' brilliant 'Brass Eye', a satire on tabloid television, the ascendancy of the celebrity class and, more generally, the culture of stupidity, is arguably the most subversive television comedy ever made, and one the funniest. In an age where programs abound in which the rich and famous are invited to gently send themselves up, on the grounds that all publicity is good, Morris triumphantly shatters the myth, as a rich stream of unwitting victims emerge exposed as the idiots they are.
Some tried to get the program banned, but undeterred, Morris retorted by making a special episode on the taboo issue of paedophilia. The wholly staged segments are good as well, and though 'Brass Eye' occasionally makes for uncomfortable viewing, this is to the credit of a program designed to force one to think about one's beliefs.
Personal favourite scenes include MP Rhodes Boyson gormlessly endorsing the deployment of Batman as a way of fighting crime, and the jam-making company which encourages the use of illegal drugs to enhance performance. A program to watch and enjoy, but also to remember the next time you're asked to take something for granted. Details Edit. Release date January 29, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom. TalkBack Productions. Meanwhile, Britain, the concept and the polity they are obsessed by descends further into nationalism, separatism and isolation, the irony is dark. I found video of that Penny Mordaunt US-tour speech and it sounds worse than it even reads.
So here we are looking at a rapid collapse in standards in public office, in open sleaze, and a torrent of lies that are exposed as such almost immediately. But only when UKG takes decisions for England is funding triggered, leaving the rest of us trying to protect health with one hand tied.
As we settle into the fourth week of the Festive Scandal Season, No voters have to ask themselves: is this what I voted for? Help to support independent Scottish journalism by donating today. Your email address will not be published. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.
Excellent article. Cheer up! Everyone I speak to now is right behind independence.. Potentially, we already have Alba and the Scottish Family Party who could fill this role, though both are somewhat centrist.
Nothing rights my listing ship like a Mike Small article, but they are always accompanied by the realisation that probably next to none of this gets through to the Scottish electorate.
Get Ruthie on board too? If it were to happen then it would need to be up front about what their policies would be and who would get to be a minister. While the LibDems would easily slot in behind the Tories any such negotiations would probably finish off the Labour Party as a single cohesive unit and a split of some form would seem likely.
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