Tag: Spinal Tap
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People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan review – Kurupt FM crew go global
Brentford’s doziest pirate radio team star in a fish-out-of-water showbiz satire halfway between The Office and Spinal TapDespite having gone off the air in 2018, the BBC mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing, centred on the defiantly clueless crew of a west London pirate radio station, has continued to grow a cult audience. So a…
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“Can’t You Just Act Like A Human Boy”? Reappreciating The Exasperated Comedic Horror Of ‘Clifford’
While the nightmare child from hell genre has received its due (“Problem Child” and “Dennis The Menace” being two prominent troublemakers), perhaps none is as demented and strangely twisted like 1994’s Orion Pictures’ notorious bomb and mostly-disregarded comedy “Clifford.”Upon its release, “Clifford” was a widely derided comedy, savagely panned by critics and ignored by audiences.…