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The League of Gentlemen
Leon Hunt
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Description for The League of Gentlemen
Paperback. Leon Hunt's study examines The League of Gentlemen's status as a 'cult' comedy, and places it in the context of traditions of British comedy and Northern humour, horror and the Gothic. The book includes insights from interviews with two of the 'Gents'. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
The League of Gentlemen
Part sitcom, part sketch show, part 'Kitchen Sink', part 'Northern Gothic', The League of Gentlemen is one of British television's most innovative and enduring comedy series. Set in the northern town of Royston Vasey, the series introduced viewers to homicidal Local Shop keepers Tubbs and Edward, vindictive training officer Pauline, demonic butcher Hilary Briss, and the nightmarish circus owner Papa Lazarou. Such was the series' effect that the word 'local' would never seem the same again.
The majority of these grotesque characters were played by Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, who ... Read more
The League of Gentlemen
Part sitcom, part sketch show, part 'Kitchen Sink', part 'Northern Gothic', The League of Gentlemen is one of British television's most innovative and enduring comedy series. Set in the northern town of Royston Vasey, the series introduced viewers to homicidal Local Shop keepers Tubbs and Edward, vindictive training officer Pauline, demonic butcher Hilary Briss, and the nightmarish circus owner Papa Lazarou. Such was the series' effect that the word 'local' would never seem the same again.
The majority of these grotesque characters were played by Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, who ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844572694
SKU
V9781844572694
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About Leon Hunt
LEON HUNT is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Studies, Brunel University, United Kingdom. He is the author of Kung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to Crouching Tiger, Wallflower, 2003, and British Low Culture: From Safari Suits to Sexploitation, Routledge, 1998.
Reviews for The League of Gentlemen
'Throughout, Hunt balances fannish enthusiasm, which requires a witty tone, with academic rigour, which requires respectable footnotes.' - Kim Newman, Sight& Sound