Reviews of Matt Lucas and David Walliams' Come Fly With Me have been predictably stinking.Though pointing out that the targets for their comedy are often society's victims now seems as tired and predictable as... well, as an episode of Little Britain Abroad.
In fact Come Fly With Me has a broad speculum of comic characters, from Fearghal (pictured), a campy gay air steward on a budget airline, to Moses, a campy gay "executive passenger liason officer".
Verily, as Matt Lucas has said; "All human life is there."
Currently halfway through its first series arguably Come Fly With Me's main problem is that it's just not very funny.
However The Sun today have managed to find someone to defend the show;
"David and Matt's new series is absolutely brilliant and very funny.
"I don't believe for one minute they have a racist bone in their bodies.
"They are falling victim to political correctness - just as I did. And political correctness is killing comedy."
Who be this?
None other than right-wing comedy legend and wifebeater, Jim Davidson.
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Being shamelessly addicted to all sorts of airport/ customs type of reality shows, I think the show is spot on in terms of taking the piss out of the 'types' that appear on those programmes. I do think though that it is a one series show and wouldn't survive a second one.
ReplyDeleteThe whole "Aren't foreign people funny?" riff reminded me of Mind Your Language.
ReplyDelete*Shudder*