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Armadillo. Episode 3
2001
One winter's morning in London, loss adjuster Lorimer Black - handsome, clever, insomniac - goes to keep a routine appointment to assess an insurance claim and finds a hanged man. Not a good start to the day by anyone's standards, but for Lorimer it is the beginning of a time of confusion and betrayal that turns his life upside down. As Lorimer, increasingly stressed and baffled by the actions and deceptions of those around him, battles through, he realises the peace and security he craves - his personal insurance - can only be provided by escape ... Adapted by William Boyd from his best-selling novel, Armadillo is a darkly comic and acute exploration of modern life.
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Armadillo. Episode 1
2001
One winter's morning in London, loss adjuster Lorimer Black - handsome, clever, insomniac - goes to keep a routine appointment to assess an insurance claim and finds a hanged man. Not a good start to the day by anyone's standards, but for Lorimer it is the beginning of a time of confusion and betrayal that turns his life upside down. As Lorimer, increasingly stressed and baffled by the actions and deceptions of those around him, battles through, he realises the peace and security he craves - his personal insurance - can only be provided by escape ... Adapted by William Boyd from his best-selling novel, Armadillo is a darkly comic and acute exploration of modern life.
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Armadillo. Episode 2
2001
One winter's morning in London, loss adjuster Lorimer Black - handsome, clever, insomniac - goes to keep a routine appointment to assess an insurance claim and finds a hanged man. Not a good start to the day by anyone's standards, but for Lorimer it is the beginning of a time of confusion and betrayal that turns his life upside down. As Lorimer, increasingly stressed and baffled by the actions and deceptions of those around him, battles through, he realises the peace and security he craves - his personal insurance - can only be provided by escape ... Adapted by William Boyd from his best-selling novel, Armadillo is a darkly comic and acute exploration of modern life.
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Reality
2012
Luciano is a Neapolitan fishmonger who supplements his modest income by pulling off little scams together with his wife Maria. A likeable, entertaining guy, Luciano never misses an opportunity to perform for his customers and countless relatives. One day, his family urges him to try out for Big Brother. In chasing this dream, his perception of reality begins to change.
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Cringe and Sympathy: The Comedy of Mental Illness in Flowers
2021
This article on brings together findings from humor studies, especially work on cringe comedy, and disability studies. It analyzes how Flowers uses elements of cringe to question societal norms of the “proper person” in connection to mental illness, but also how Flowers broadens the genre of cringe so that, at times, it becomes a cringe tragedy rather than a cringe comedy, thus taking seriously the pain of mental illness. As a third point, this analysis focuses on the way in which Flowers self-reflexively employs elements of narrativity to draw attention to the cultural constructedness and storyfication of mental illness throughout history.
Journal Article
COMPANY TOWN; Comedy producer moves YouTube series to television
2013
Latham cemented his reputation with television specials for HBO and Showtime -- including \"The Queens of Comedy,\" \"P. Diddy Presents the Bad Boys of Comedy\" and Chris Rock's \"Bring the Pain\" -- and by promoting the concert tours of Rock, Martin Lawrence, Mo'Nique and others.
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Entertainment & Culture -- Television: A Nerdy Comedy's Winning Formula --- As sitcoms wane, 'The Big Bang Theory' has become an unlikely ratings hit
2008
During a recent taping of CBS's \"The Big Bang Theory,\" the opening scene featured some unlikely dialogue for a prime-time comedy, including references to galactic dark matter and high-energy positrons. \"Sitcoms are like the American car industry -- there's still great potential there, but the question is how do they succeed when people have gotten used to all the other options,\" says Michael Kantor, creator of \"Make 'Em Laugh,\" a six-part documentary on the evolution of American comedy that will air on PBS next month.
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