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Just take "Eddie Murphy Raw 1987" - which is near the same time frame. Just compare the talent.

laumars 4y ago
> Just take "Eddie Murphy Raw is a 1987" - which is near the same time frame. Just compare the talent. Mr Bean quietly sticks crackers in his nose - Eddie Murphy on the other hand ... You do realise that the comedy scene in Britain is hugely varied? So you don’t like Mr Bean. That’s fine. But there’s plenty of comics at the other extreme end of the spectrum here too. And a plethora of stuff in between too.
smcl 4y ago
Comparing stand-up to a sitcom is a little bit of an apples/oranges comparison. There’s plenty of talented standup comics from Britain, though. I’m normally not a huge fan of standup generally but I do really like Stewart Lee for example. To be honest I think it’s silly to get all nationalist about something as subjective as comedy, and trying to compare one to another and deciding who is better accomplishes absolutely nothing
orf 4y ago
I’m not a fan of mr bean. I don’t get it, it vaguely seems like laughing at someone with learning disabilities to me. But there’s definitely skill and talent in creating the character without words. It’s also clever - the lack of language makes it universal. Most of the people I’ve met who profess their love for the character are not native English speakers. There’s a culture-spanning appeal there, and fame, that Eddie Murphy (with all his undeniable standup skill and wit) will never, ever achieve. To say crafting that lacks talent does Rowan Atkinson a big disservice.
odshoifsdhfs 4y ago
I watched Raw a few times, and it is good, but I much prefer Eddie Izzard for example. I watched both decades ago (sometimes re watch them) and I can only remember one joke from Raw (where he makes fun of Bill Cosby), while Izzard's routines live in my head to the point I can recite them without hints. There are amazing America and British stand up comics, I'm a bit out of the game recently, but oldish (80s and 90s) stuff from both sides of the pound were amazing (I loved Bill Cosby and Woody Allen stand up records for example but never had a chance to see them on tv as there were no recordings (one of Cosby I watched actually, and think audio only was better)

> Just take "Eddie Murphy Raw is a 1987" - which is near the same time frame. Just compare the talent. Mr Bean quietly sticks crackers in his nose - Eddie Murphy on the other hand ... You do realise that the comedy scene in Britain is hugely varied? So you don’t like Mr Bean. That’s fine. But there’s plenty of comics at the other extreme end of the spectrum here too. And a plethora of stuff in between too.

smcl 4y ago

Comparing stand-up to a sitcom is a little bit of an apples/oranges comparison. There’s plenty of talented standup comics from Britain, though. I’m normally not a huge fan of standup generally but I do really like Stewart Lee for example. To be honest I think it’s silly to get all nationalist about something as subjective as comedy, and trying to compare one to another and deciding who is better accomplishes absolutely nothing

orf 4y ago

I’m not a fan of mr bean. I don’t get it, it vaguely seems like laughing at someone with learning disabilities to me. But there’s definitely skill and talent in creating the character without words. It’s also clever - the lack of language makes it universal. Most of the people I’ve met who profess their love for the character are not native English speakers. There’s a culture-spanning appeal there, and fame, that Eddie Murphy (with all his undeniable standup skill and wit) will never, ever achieve. To say crafting that lacks talent does Rowan Atkinson a big disservice.

odshoifsdhfs 4y ago

I watched Raw a few times, and it is good, but I much prefer Eddie Izzard for example. I watched both decades ago (sometimes re watch them) and I can only remember one joke from Raw (where he makes fun of Bill Cosby), while Izzard's routines live in my head to the point I can recite them without hints. There are amazing America and British stand up comics, I'm a bit out of the game recently, but oldish (80s and 90s) stuff from both sides of the pound were amazing (I loved Bill Cosby and Woody Allen stand up records for example but never had a chance to see them on tv as there were no recordings (one of Cosby I watched actually, and think audio only was better)