Can it ever be legitimate – possible even – to make comedy out of the world’s most appalling tragedies? A sitcom to be called Hungry, based on the Irish great famine (in which 1 million people died and another million were forced to emigrate in what some regard as an example of genocide), has been commissioned by Channel […]
Posts Tagged ‘Comedy’
From the Holocaust to the Irish famine: can you make comedy out of genocide?
Jan 4th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.
Olympics: alternative opening ceremony party
Jul 7th, 2012 by Mark Perryman.Friday 27 July, a proudly unofficial night of comedy, music, art and ideas with excerpts of the ‘official’ Opening Ceremony’ on the Big Screen. Presented by Philosophy Football in association with the TUC and the ‘Playfair’ campaign. With not a sponsor’s logo to be seen nor a Gold Medal to be won, enjoy the Alternative Opening […]
