#101

i enjoy contrarian bam

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#102

not being contrary, I think the wire was being set up as a sacred cow though. People have opinions on parts of media all the time

#103

For me itā€™s probably

  1. IAP series 1
  2. I, Partridge
  3. Scissored Isle
  4. IAP series 2
  5. Places of my life doc
  6. MMM
  7. KMKYWAP
  8. Nomad (iā€™ve only heard it once probably should go back to it)
  9. Alpha Papa
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#104

hey pal weā€™re both in agreement acting is a suspect profession, iā€™m agreeing with you

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#105

made my case anyway though donā€™t worry :slight_smile:

With Partridge I feel like it had itā€™s time and new material wonā€™t add much and in fact will likely detract from it as a work

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#106

this is the fault of capitalism btw before you get angry :wink:

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#107

ā€œDo I look like I suffer from panic attacks? Iā€™ve had one panic attack in a car wash. It was a perfect storm of no sleep, no wife, and angry brushes whirring towards me. By the time the giant hair dryer came on, I was in the footwell.ā€

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#108

want to start a thread called ā€œbamā€™s takesā€ but i donā€™t want to seem like i am bullying or being a dick, i genuinely really like his takes

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#109

Tom Spotley?! When?!

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#110

ā€˜footwellā€™ makes this. Partridgeā€™s vocab is what takes him to the next level.

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#111

I disagree, I think part of the characterā€™s strength now is that heā€™s basically got a full life story going on parallel to real life.

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#112

kommen sie bitte und listen to kraftwerk

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#113

like Partridge as a character was a perfect fit for a time and for TV in the 90s. Scenes of him in a depressing hotel or by a motorway shot in vaguely blurry standard definition with anaemic colours. The beauty with Partridge wasnā€™t so much in itā€™s comedy as in itā€™s Pathos, the comedy was just there to give you elation and distract you from the reality of the scenes around him.

I donā€™t think you can do this in HD on a modern TV set. New problems and grim realities for sure but we live in a different age now

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#114

This is spot on. Stuff like ā€œYouā€™re through to the static homeā€ and ā€œextenderā€ are also good examples of this.

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#115

I was going to say, when the writers are on it, they just craft the funniest lines for him, just the perfect mixture of precise banality and weird moments of lyricism.

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#116

ā€œvalanceā€ is another good exampleā€¦you knowā€¦the skirt thing round the side of the bed.

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#117

Also in this scene the use of the word ā€˜dementedā€™ is perfect.

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#118

Fair enough we will have to disagree there. Personally I think itā€™s a cheap trick to do this with characters, give them huge backstories and in jokes and niche callbacks to keep fans interested

#119

Surely developing a character over 30 years in multiple media is the opposite of a ā€œcheap trickā€.

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#120

ok bad phrasing, cheap intellectually but probably very expensive financially.