Comments on: David Head enjoys an audience with Microcomedy http://www.durham21.co.uk/2009/06/david-head-enjoys-an-audience-with-microcomedy/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:35:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anjali http://www.durham21.co.uk/2009/06/david-head-enjoys-an-audience-with-microcomedy/#comment-53966 Anjali Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:28:58 +0000 http://www.durham21.co.uk/?p=4567#comment-53966 I've always wanted a play to be staged in the Lowe Library! Do, it Donnchadh! I’ve always wanted a play to be staged in the Lowe Library! Do, it Donnchadh!

]]> By: Donnchadh http://www.durham21.co.uk/2009/06/david-head-enjoys-an-audience-with-microcomedy/#comment-53914 Donnchadh Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:37:32 +0000 http://www.durham21.co.uk/?p=4567#comment-53914 For the record, the comparison was with the girl who played Bridget Jones. If it's an insult to a woman to tell her she looks like Renee Zellweger, well I'm a Dutchman's uncle. For the record, the comparison was with the girl who played Bridget Jones. If it’s an insult to a woman to tell her she looks like Renee Zellweger, well I’m a Dutchman’s uncle.

]]> By: David Head (author) http://www.durham21.co.uk/2009/06/david-head-enjoys-an-audience-with-microcomedy/#comment-53904 David Head (author) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:51:21 +0000 http://www.durham21.co.uk/?p=4567#comment-53904 Thank for your comment. Can I just clarify if it is this interview that you feel is describing Microcomedy as "shocking"? Thank for your comment. Can I just clarify if it is this interview that you feel is describing Microcomedy as “shocking”?

]]> By: David http://www.durham21.co.uk/2009/06/david-head-enjoys-an-audience-with-microcomedy/#comment-53900 David Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:38:01 +0000 http://www.durham21.co.uk/?p=4567#comment-53900 Nice interview-bio, microcomedy are very strong and Donnchadh puts an enormous amount of quality comedy shows on in Durham, obliterating 95% of the watery stuff you see on TV, and does not get the credit he deserves. Although admittedly, it is probably difficult to get mass appeal by staging shows like microcomedy I have to take issue with the idea that microcomedy is shocking. I remember being 10 and 11 and me and all my mates (boys and girls) watching South Park. I even had a South Park CD and t-shirt, so we were really immersed in that show. If I remember correctly, Cartman's mum was a pornstar who did German movies involving fecal matter. So a lot of people of my generation (i'm 21) have been socialised with that kind of comedy content, so nothing is shocking anymore in comedy unless you know little about it. So I don't think Donnchadh and the cast should have to make self-deprecating remarks about how disturbed they are. If there is anything especially unsettling in the show I think it is the fact that the dark and sad elements of the show feel emotionally genuine, you feel that the people involved are expressing real existential pain at times. It is very unusual for that kind of emotional level to be made funny. And other things like the form, style of writing, intimate way it is staged etc etc rather than just superficially shocking themes and ideas Nice interview-bio, microcomedy are very strong and Donnchadh puts an enormous amount of quality comedy shows on in Durham, obliterating 95% of the watery stuff you see on TV, and does not get the credit he deserves. Although admittedly, it is probably difficult to get mass appeal by staging shows like microcomedy

I have to take issue with the idea that microcomedy is shocking. I remember being 10 and 11 and me and all my mates (boys and girls) watching South Park. I even had a South Park CD and t-shirt, so we were really immersed in that show. If I remember correctly, Cartman’s mum was a pornstar who did German movies involving fecal matter.
So a lot of people of my generation (i’m 21) have been socialised with that kind of comedy content, so nothing is shocking anymore in comedy unless you know little about it. So I don’t think Donnchadh and the cast should have to make self-deprecating remarks about how disturbed they are.

If there is anything especially unsettling in the show I think it is the fact that the dark and sad elements of the show feel emotionally genuine, you feel that the people involved are expressing real existential pain at times. It is very unusual for that kind of emotional level to be made funny.
And other things like the form, style of writing, intimate way it is staged etc etc rather than just superficially shocking themes and ideas

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