☻ ☻ ☻ 10 O'Clock Live (Channel 4) may be another news show hosted by comedians, but what a mix! David Mitchell tells, no, demands, that politicians answer his questions. Charlie Brooker continues to blur the lines between TV and reality (did you know that Mubarak bears an eerie resemblance to the Count from Sesame Street?). Jimmy Carr usually manages to keep a straight face while suggesting the ridiculous, such as vets becoming Community Health Specialists and butchers then filling in for animal docs. The next step on the continuum you ask? Not the government's problem. The fourth member of the team, Lauren Laverne, frightfully underutilized, whips the others into line. Wrong continent for a Canadian, but the same problems.
Jimmy Carr putting product placement in the news:
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| Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) and his misbehaving automobile. Courtesy BBC. |
"10 O'Clock Live became the latest show to try to raise the ghost of TW3 [That Was The Week That Was] and channel [Jon] Stewart [The Daily Show]. ... [T]he over-dominant tone, especially from Mitchell and Brooker, is exaggerated comic rant: Basil Fawlty as reporter. ... [10 O'Clock] has the potential to become a must-see weekly show looking back at the week that was. Mark Lawson (Guardian)
"[R]ecession, credit crunches, home ownership crises and the punishment of many while the rich go free have become part of life. ... We may not all be angry, but we're all annoyed, and if we can't get the bastards, at least we can be rude about them and laugh." David Quantick (The Independent)
"[T]hese are very early days. The comedic chemistry and sense of live urgency will take a while to develop. It was not helped by the blank spaciousness of the set ... The show's key asset, though, is four talented performers." Andrew Anthony (Observer)
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