Galton and Simpson seemed to be enthralled by the gap between what a self-possessed person thinks their life should be like and the fact that most of us have no great (or any) talent. It is not surprising that their comedy does not sit well with someone who thinks they live in a land of opportunity. The joke is that most of us have to fail and so it is only those who do not aspire to "success" that stand much chance of fulfilment. Maybe the reason women tend not to find Hancock's work funny is that this strikes them as a truism. Maybe that is also one of the reasons why Hancock dumped the writers. Too close to home. Nothing else he did compares to his work with them. This is their masterpiece.
Review of Call Me Genius
