{"id":5102,"date":"2012-12-04T17:26:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T22:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2016-04-05T17:30:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T21:30:39","slug":"british-black-comedy-parodies-parliamentary-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/british-black-comedy-parodies-parliamentary-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"British Black Comedy Parodies Parliamentary Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political humor is still of high interest even after the elections. Of course, it\u2019s always funny because it relates to everyone, but usually its complicated commentary makes most fans of the comedy genre lost in translation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The British black comedy <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In The Loop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fixes that without forcing itself to get dumbed down for your pleasure by focusing more on how the vast array of characters play off each other, and it comes all the way from London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s interesting to see politics from another part of the world, let alone the very country from whom we revolted. The UK government isn\u2019t something we are that familiar with (hell, I bet most of you don\u2019t know how our electoral college works) so you will most likely get lost in regard to who is what and what is who. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing the Director of Communications for the Prime Minister running across city blocks to deliver a thick folder can be easily translated to 54-year-old Peter Capaldi running across America in a suit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While you may miss some jokes because of lack in political knowledge, you may miss the whole movie if it\u2019s not your kind of humor. The perfect label to describe the film is a mix of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s dry humor and style, but set in parliament and with some of the most vulgar dialogue put on screen. Heck, one of the actors from the show is in here, but I\u2019ll leave that as a surprise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s quiet, it\u2019s filthy, it\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In The Loop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political humor is still of high interest even after the elections. Of course, it\u2019s always funny because it relates to everyone, but usually its complicated commentary makes most fans of the comedy genre lost in translation. 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