Frank Skinner's Stand-up DVD - A bit of a whine
I don't really go in for reviews or panning things in this space. However, sometime over Christmas I was watching "Have I got News for You" and they had Frank Skinner on the panel. I have to confess, I always regarded him with some level of distain.
I wouldn't imagine that would really upset him, but I guess if you are an entertainer, you are supposed to entertain. Although, you can't entertain all of the people all of the time.
Anyway, HIGNfY, I thought he was rather good on it. He had matured. I adjusted my previous position to one of neutrality pending further evidence.
Introducing exhibit A
FRANK SKINNER STAND-UP
This started off rather well I thought. The inner sleeve has the performance broken down into chapters and by chapter 5 (one night stands) he, rather sadly, felt comfortable enough to regress to “amusing” stories of his sexual exploits whilst being a lad on tour. I’m afraid it all went down hill from here, with him coming across as a rather socially inexperienced, yet ladish, adolescent.
Puerile recounting of one night stands can only amuse for a limited time and this subject just went on and on. His sad reference to sexual encounters by what sounded like a juvenile scoring system, “The sexuals”, “The orals” et cetera just left me feeling rather embarrassed for him. It just all sounded so wretched that by the time he was halfway through chapter 7 (oral sex) it had descended into a world inhabited by well meaning but ill thinking leftwing teenage Jim Davidsons. The annoying thing is that I’m sure he can write funny material, but I’m really not that interested in a 50 year old man recounting his sexual history. One would imagine that with the inferred quantity, tastes and attitudes would mature, but obviously such a life style is deeply damaging. If you want to feel that you are a font of sexual sophistication over sheer quantity, maybe also including, then give it a watch and you’ll soon feel good.
The sleeve boasts “comedy gold”, but is a bit tarnished and embarrassing. Many other comics can cover similar material; they just don’t seem to wallow in it as much as Skinner.
On the upside, it was £4 in the sale and will no doubt be cheaper on line if you are so inclined.
The downside of this DVD was that it took the edge off “The Man with Two Brains” a bit. And the £4 could have contributed to a pack of beer or bottle of wine.
It was countered by Wallace and Gromit’s “Close Shave” and a glass or three of Dão.
I wouldn't imagine that would really upset him, but I guess if you are an entertainer, you are supposed to entertain. Although, you can't entertain all of the people all of the time.
Anyway, HIGNfY, I thought he was rather good on it. He had matured. I adjusted my previous position to one of neutrality pending further evidence.
Introducing exhibit A
FRANK SKINNER STAND-UP
This started off rather well I thought. The inner sleeve has the performance broken down into chapters and by chapter 5 (one night stands) he, rather sadly, felt comfortable enough to regress to “amusing” stories of his sexual exploits whilst being a lad on tour. I’m afraid it all went down hill from here, with him coming across as a rather socially inexperienced, yet ladish, adolescent.
Puerile recounting of one night stands can only amuse for a limited time and this subject just went on and on. His sad reference to sexual encounters by what sounded like a juvenile scoring system, “The sexuals”, “The orals” et cetera just left me feeling rather embarrassed for him. It just all sounded so wretched that by the time he was halfway through chapter 7 (oral sex) it had descended into a world inhabited by well meaning but ill thinking leftwing teenage Jim Davidsons. The annoying thing is that I’m sure he can write funny material, but I’m really not that interested in a 50 year old man recounting his sexual history. One would imagine that with the inferred quantity, tastes and attitudes would mature, but obviously such a life style is deeply damaging. If you want to feel that you are a font of sexual sophistication over sheer quantity, maybe also including, then give it a watch and you’ll soon feel good.
The sleeve boasts “comedy gold”, but is a bit tarnished and embarrassing. Many other comics can cover similar material; they just don’t seem to wallow in it as much as Skinner.
On the upside, it was £4 in the sale and will no doubt be cheaper on line if you are so inclined.
The downside of this DVD was that it took the edge off “The Man with Two Brains” a bit. And the £4 could have contributed to a pack of beer or bottle of wine.
It was countered by Wallace and Gromit’s “Close Shave” and a glass or three of Dão.
posted by Panic Stricken at 10:00 am
1 Comments:
You're spot on about Frank Skinner. 'Comedian' is not a term I would use while referring to him - the terms I would use are far ruder than he imagines his show to be.
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