Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Help with dissertation please!
Poster: Kirsten Bodart
Post title: Maybe a bit dated, but...
You could look at sexual innuendo in British comedy, a fixture since the music hall tradition, and probably long before that. Think of the Carry On films (1950s to 70s) and series. Miranda also uses sexual innuendo at times, but it's definitely less crude than some of the stuff in the 1970s.
Lots of sketches of the Two Ronnies (Barker and Corbett) are based on word play. If you haven't seen it, definitely watch the 'four candles' sketch. It's an absolute must.
[i]Porridge[/i] (about prison) has lots of dialect/jargon words, although the comedy itself is rather situational.
More modern, though not 'series' per se, you have stand-up comedians Tim Vine and Milton Jones. Amongst others, like Canadian Steward Francis, though he isn't British. [i]Not Going Out[/i] with one-liner comedian Lee Mack in the first two seasons had lots of witty one-liners. Though I think after that it became less.
In terms of [i]Blackadder[/i], I'd particularly take series 4 ([i]Blackadder goes Forth[/I]), as it's less situational and more based on language and cultural references like 'there is a bullet with your name on it' and Baldrick carving his name on a bullet because then he owns it.
Topic: Help with dissertation please!
Poster: Kirsten Bodart
Post title: Maybe a bit dated, but...
You could look at sexual innuendo in British comedy, a fixture since the music hall tradition, and probably long before that. Think of the Carry On films (1950s to 70s) and series. Miranda also uses sexual innuendo at times, but it's definitely less crude than some of the stuff in the 1970s.
Lots of sketches of the Two Ronnies (Barker and Corbett) are based on word play. If you haven't seen it, definitely watch the 'four candles' sketch. It's an absolute must.
[i]Porridge[/i] (about prison) has lots of dialect/jargon words, although the comedy itself is rather situational.
More modern, though not 'series' per se, you have stand-up comedians Tim Vine and Milton Jones. Amongst others, like Canadian Steward Francis, though he isn't British. [i]Not Going Out[/i] with one-liner comedian Lee Mack in the first two seasons had lots of witty one-liners. Though I think after that it became less.
In terms of [i]Blackadder[/i], I'd particularly take series 4 ([i]Blackadder goes Forth[/I]), as it's less situational and more based on language and cultural references like 'there is a bullet with your name on it' and Baldrick carving his name on a bullet because then he owns it.