in fairness it is a bit more subtle than Doctor Who, where at times I half expect a cyberman to whip out a saxophone and give us a chorus of yakety-sax.
Downton Abbey - best comedy drama Page 3
Why does everything need to be subtle though? Subtle is dreary, surely?
Quote: Paul Wimsett @ 2nd October 2014, 8:04 PM BSTWhy does everything need to be subtle though? Subtle is dreary, surely?
Grimethorpe Colliery Band ?
I've still yet to see a single second of this. Maybe I'll try it one day, but maybe my ill formed misconceptions of the show will never allow me.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 2nd October 2014, 5:16 PM BSTComedy? Am I missing some tongue in cheek point here?
How did a drama come to have a thread on a web site devoted to comedy?
Well the original poster seemed to think there was a bit of humour in it.
Incidentally I started a thread about my favourite TV Drama - Survivors.
Quote: Ben @ 2nd October 2014, 10:20 PM BSTI've still yet to see a single second of this. Maybe I'll try it one day, but maybe my ill formed misconceptions of the show will never allow me.
Well I enjoy it - it is certainly up the with the likes of Upstairs Downstairs and Julian Fellowes not only pens a good yarn, he also knows his subject.
Quote: Chappers @ 2nd October 2014, 10:35 PM BSTWell the original poster seemed to think there was a bit of humour in it.
Most drama can have a certain amount of comedy in it - look at The Boys from the Blackstuff, discussed recently elsewhere on this board. Very gritty black drama but did have some humour in it - that doesn't qualify it as a comedy drama. By the same token good comedy is enhanced by a bit of pathos.
Quote: Nogget @ 26th November 2012, 2:56 PM GMTI visited a stately home where the guide showed us around the servants' floor, and tried to convince us that servants had it good, because at least they weren't working on the land. I didn't quite swallow it though, since there were about 5 servants for every member of the household.
If you ever get a chance to see the unique "Akenfield"(inasmuch that there were no professional actors, in fact no actors - all parts were played by local villagers) you will see the terrible conditions that farm workers had to put up with at that time, so saying that servants in big houses had it good in comparison to working on the land is true.
I know which I would have preferred.
Quote: Paul Wimsett @ 2nd October 2014, 8:04 PM BSTWhy does everything need to be subtle though? Subtle is dreary, surely?
It's more a case of, if I need funny music to tell me it's a funny bit, perhaps it's not funny enough.
And subtle is good for your brain.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 3rd October 2014, 7:24 AM BSTMost drama can have a certain amount of comedy in it - look at The Boys from the Blackstuff, discussed recently elsewhere on this board. Very gritty black drama but did have some humour in it - that doesn't qualify it as a comedy drama. By the same token good comedy is enhanced by a bit of pathos.
Oh I think it was. Like Auf Weidersehen Pet and Cold Feet. Both comedy dramwa.
Quote: Chappers @ 3rd October 2014, 10:43 PM BSTOh I think it was. Like Auf Weidersehen Pet and Cold Feet. Both comedy dramwa.
Can't agree with you at all there - the two you quote WERE def. comedy dramas that played it for laughs - Downton is a period drama, or enlighten me as to where the comedy is in it?
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 4th October 2014, 8:17 AM BSTenlighten me as to where the comedy is in it?
Just listen out for the jaunty oboe...
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 4th October 2014, 8:17 AM BSTCan't agree with you at all there - the two you quote WERE def. comedy dramas that played it for laughs - Downton is a period drama, or enlighten me as to where the comedy is in it?
That was in answer to Boys from the Blackstuff (featuring OR).
Eh? Wot? Who? I'll knock yer block off !
Quote: Chappers @ 4th October 2014, 9:04 PM BSTThat was in answer to Boys from the Blackstuff (featuring OR).
Yes but, no but - punch 'is lights art OR.