| New plays recycling very old jokes (Harry Townsend) |
| Last Edit: Leon_W 06:27 pm EST 02/05/20 |
| Posted by: Leon_W 06:26 pm EST 02/05/20 |
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| I was watching and actively hating every second off “Harry Townsend’s Last Stand” this week, listening to ancient jokes trotted out again and wondered how people get away with recycling well known lines like this. Does the author consider that they have written them? It’s an affront to hard working comedy writers. Want an example. the play used a variation on the “Oral sex isn’t talking about it” kind of line, and a joke about someone disparaging an old man’s breakfast cereal being a “Cereal Killer”. This was the level, not good enough for an episode of a third rate sitcom from the 80’s. It was just all so poorly written and pointless. It was just covering well trodden ground about how difficult it is when people become childlike in old age and their children start to parent them. It’s a shame because Len Cariou deserves better material than this in my opinion although he seemed to be loving performing it. |
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