Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award winning Channel 4 British satire that covers politics with bitter truth.
Here will contain the three part Iraq series
Between Iraq and a Hard Place (Jan 2003)
Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place (May 2003)
Beneath Iraq and a Hard Place (Jan 2006)
Someone else’s critique:
The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes. They begin with the formation of Iraq by the British in the early 20th Century, through the bombing of villages to control the tribes, the establishment of a king in the area through to the modern day trade meetings with Saddam Hussein.
To do this they simply present historical fact. They of course have jokes and humour which naturally show events in the light they themselves view them, but basically the essence is a matter of public record. The downside of this is that it isn’t as funny as their series (Bremner, Bird & Fortune) can be but it more than makes up for it by being very interesting. I really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at some parts. The jokes are very sharp and barbed and are mainly very funny. The impressions are spot on as always and dialogue incredibly well written –Bremner’ impression of Saddam as bemused by America and Britain constantly changing their minds about him is a favourite.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8CDFC1F1C58CD67B
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775528/
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