Tag Archives: satire

The Arrogance Of The British Seagull.

If the thought of the deceitful behaviour resulting in the

unkindness of Ravens, who cackle

in delight as they plot and scheme and smirk during the sentimental speech

at the wake of a buzzard and the hippopotamus gloating as his bloated

views on such things are taken with a pinch of salt,

then be more concerned for the actions of another,

for the arrogance of Seagulls is absolute.

They strut round with conceit and an air of self importance

that belies their place in society. They may not be bottom

The Arrogance Of The British Seagull. full post

(444 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

What We Do In The Shadows, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stuart Rutherford, Ben Fransham, Jackie van Beek, Elena Stejko, Jason Hoyte, Karen O’Leary, Mike Minogue, Brad Harding, Rhys Darby.

The Mockumentary is one that really divides opinion. There are those that adore the thought of being able to see the ordinary person on the street satirised and lampooned and there are those that find it the lowest form of cerebral wit; however, satire is only truly funny when the foot is being kicked upwards, when it starts kicking downwards that’s when cruelty is allowed to fester and the undeserving get left behind. Satire is at its best when it is aimed at the aloof and genuinely disturbing.

What We Do In The Shadows, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T., Liverpool. full post

(485 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Juvenalia. The Assembly Mound. Edinburgh. Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Simon Callow.

Satire it seems may be a dying art, no wonder when various governments and politicians have done their damndest to try and, for want of a better word, outlaw it, make it unacceptable, to make it seem offensive where there is no offence to be gleaned. They have succeeded by stealth, by somehow deflecting the real reason for satire, to poke the finger of jolly discontent at the objectionable behaviour of those who are paid handsomely to serve the state and insisting by doing so it is an attack on other sections of society.

Juvenalia. The Assembly Mound. Edinburgh. Edinburgh Fringe Festival. full post

(439 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Arena: Whatever Happened To Spitting Image? Television Review. B.B.C.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Whatever happened to Spitting Image? Whatever happened to the truly anarchic satire that had the so called great quaking in their boots at the thought that at least some of the decisions they made on behalf the British population might be held up to the kind of scrutiny in which they would at least have to grin and bear the extra publicity or come out looking even more foolish than they do?

Arena: Whatever Happened To Spitting Image? Television Review. B.B.C. full post

(516 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)