The sheer thought of being trapped in the Local Shop causes my spine to shiver and my mind to laugh...
The League of Gentlemen is, as the title of this review says, something that has been forgotten by the comedy-freaks nowadays... At least it seems so to me and the network I associate with. It's a brilliant mixture of stereotypical satire, horror, perversions and (obviously) comedy.
Now, being Swedish, I had never heard of this series before I visited some friends in Rome, Italy and I can never thank them enough! We get to see many varying characters in different environments in the small town of Royston Vasey and as the series go, their stories become darker and more morbid by each episode. It's basically a trip from a dark kind of almost-innocence into an inferno of pure perversion and evil. It's brilliant.
The downsides of this series, is that the comedy is decreasing in the later episodes and they might lose track of you. It's still funny if you are into dark humor, but I can imagine that the series lost some of it's fans along the way.
The minds behind this series are very good at demonstrating their excellent acting-skills, portraying everything from inbred shop-owners to transvestites and failing stand-up comedians, among others. I would not recommend it to sensitive people. But for the ones that can separate reality from comedy, it would definitely be worth your while.
The League of Gentlemen is, as the title of this review says, something that has been forgotten by the comedy-freaks nowadays... At least it seems so to me and the network I associate with. It's a brilliant mixture of stereotypical satire, horror, perversions and (obviously) comedy.
Now, being Swedish, I had never heard of this series before I visited some friends in Rome, Italy and I can never thank them enough! We get to see many varying characters in different environments in the small town of Royston Vasey and as the series go, their stories become darker and more morbid by each episode. It's basically a trip from a dark kind of almost-innocence into an inferno of pure perversion and evil. It's brilliant.
The downsides of this series, is that the comedy is decreasing in the later episodes and they might lose track of you. It's still funny if you are into dark humor, but I can imagine that the series lost some of it's fans along the way.
The minds behind this series are very good at demonstrating their excellent acting-skills, portraying everything from inbred shop-owners to transvestites and failing stand-up comedians, among others. I would not recommend it to sensitive people. But for the ones that can separate reality from comedy, it would definitely be worth your while.