28-08-2023, 06:11 PM
(27-08-2023, 07:00 PM)Gary Baldy Wrote: I also think that people watch comedy as an escape from the toxic reality of the news- Last Leg just reminds them of it and puts a real downer on things. HIGNFY manages to avoid this by just having gag after gag after gag, but Last Leg sometimes does the “Adam gets preachy” bits which I’m not a fan of, and then all the “Rishi Sunak is a DICK!” every week- it’s just lazy comedy at this point and I think they’ve clearly been phoning it in for a few years now.I suspect when it comes to criticising the government The Last Leg has arguably benefited from it being a Conservative government to date. This has made it relatively easy to play to large parts of its audience.
I suspect this might become harder after the next election, assuming polls are correct. I recall Adam saying they were accused by some of being anti-Labour/left-wing a few years ago when they criticised Corbyn whilst he was leader.
Formerly 'Charlie Wells' of TV Forum.