queer as folk

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i had entirely forgotten how awesome this first series was! haha even the demolition of the "gay funeral" scene from 4weddings -- which ought to be a one-off gag that doesn't bear repeating -- is great, just cz of the way they all arrive

anyway this is in loneloonies bcz of the way the narrative just GRABS at (often quite bad) pop-o-the-moment and fucks its brains out makes it work suddenly, just for that moment

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[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

"stop all the clocks" = D.I.S.C.O. is the gag bit i think, and it's kinda heehee but actually the tuff stuff in that whole scene is the sliding between camp silliness and stewart cruising non-stop and the dead guy's mum's genuine (and absolutely justified) anger at the bovvered-level -- reading shallowness as shallowness rather than the self-protective affect it actually (some of it) is -- which again i think is a demolition of 4waf, but maybe not so intentional

folk is def better yes, cz of implied start to phrase = "nowt so" = anti-metropolitan (every planet has a north)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

most planets have a gay scene

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

And indeed every north has a gay scene, as we'll discover in Last Of The Summer Wine.

THE HACIENDA MUST BE BUILT

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

(the joke must be worn out)