This notorious comedy series stars Chris Morris as any number of people, skewering the pop culture cult of celebrity. Episodes include: 'Animals', 'Drugs', 'Sex', 'Crime', and the... more
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on where his previous The Day Today left off. The show ran for one single, contentious series in 1997, to be followed by an even more controversial one-off in 20...
on where his previous The Day Today left off. The show ran for one single, contentious series in 1997, to be followed by an even more controversial one-off in 2001. While these episodes might cause offence to those not versed in Morris' satirical methods, and while one occasionally suspects his work is informed by a dark seam of malice and loathing rather than a desire to educate, Brass Eye remains vital satire, magnificently hilarious and, in its own way, fiercely moral viewing. Brass Eye satirises a media far too interested in generating dramatic heat and urgency for its own sake than in shedding light on serious issues. Morris mimics perfectly the house style of programmes such as Newsnight and Crimewatch, with their spurious props and love of gimmickry. Meanwhile his presenter--an uncanny composite of Jeremy Paxman, Michael Buerk and Richard Madeley among others--delivers absurd items about man-fighting weasels in the East End and Lear-esque lines such as "the twisted brain wrong of a one-off man mental" with preposterously solemn authority. Much as the media itself is wont to do, each programme works itself up into a ridiculous fever of moral panic. Most telling is the "drugs" episode, in which, as ever, real-life celebrities, including Jimmy Greaves and Sir Bernard Ingham, are persuaded to lend their name to a campaign against a new drug from Eastern Europe entitled Cake. The satirist's aim here isn't to trivialise concern about drugs but to point up the media's lack of attention to content. A response to the ill-conceived News of the World witch-hunt, in the wake of the Sarah Payne affair, the 2001 "paedophilia" special was the most supremely controversial of the series. It followed the usual formula--duping celebs such as Phil Collins into endorsing a campaign entitled "Nonce Sense", urging parents to send their children to football stadiums for the night for their own safety and mooting the possibility of "roboplegic" paedophiles--and prompted the sort of hysterical and predictable Pavlovian response from the media that Brass Eye lampoons so tellingly. On the DVD: Brass Eye on DVD includes brief outtakes, such as "David Jatt" interviewing celebrities about breeding hippos for domestic purposes, an hilarious exchange with Jeffrey Archer's PA ("He's a very wicked little man") as well as trailers for the paedophilia special.--David Stubbs
Advantages: Topicality and that it doesn't date. Disadvantages: Distasteful to some.
For thoughtful, intelligent people with a dry sense of humour...you can't go wrong. Now I missed out on this first time around when it was on TV but, on a whim, I bought it on sale in a local DVD store remembering that I'd liked Chris Morrises The Day Today.
Yes, it is excrutiating in parts but it's so worth it! A parody of all those sensational news reports that, sadly, are becoming the norm. A report from a parochial town called Cow sick pronounce ... ...pool security guard and a naked Armando Ianucci having sex doggy style on camera for journalistic purposeses. My favourite quote is "Now, there's no evidence to support this but it's a scientific FACT that paedophiles have more DNA in common with crabs than other human beings". And this is a well-known celebrity unthinkingly carrying out, what he thought was, an in-depth topical news feature. No wonder pseudo-science spreads like wildfire!
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Advantages: Hilarious politcal/ current affair Satire Disadvantages: Satire may not be taste of everyone
I remeber watching brass eye when it originally aired and loved it. I was recently surfing a popular e-commerce website and found that I could pick up the entire series plus special on DVD for just £8... bargain. I bought it instantly. If you haven't heard of brass eye then you should know that it is the work of chris morris (also worked on 'The Day Today' among other things) and it is a comedy. It is based on current affairs and political satire, ... ...epsidoe focuses on animals as the title suggests. I think this is the least strong episode but does have some funny moments
'Drugs' In this episode, the programme made up a drug called 'Cake'. It was similar to an E tablet but was yellow. The interviewed a MP who believed it to be real and raised the issue in Prime Minsters's Question Time. Classic episode
'Science' Questions whether science has gone too far, with investigations into people destroying ...
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Winding up society Review ofBrass Eye - Series And Special DVDby
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Advantages: Hours of laughs, can be watched over and over again Disadvantages: lack of special features, minor dvd faults
...'Science'
'Sex'
'Crime'
'Moral Decline'
Brass Eye Special The lack of special features is a small let down, it contains a song from the dvd various and channel 4 adverts for the show. Although I had expected more when I bought it the content more than makes up for it and it.
Another slight issue that people have found with the dvd is that it sometimes selects the brass eye special episode when it was not the episode the user selected. I have ...
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Plot: Irreverent look at the world through a kaleidoscope of contentious issues such as animal rights, drugs, moral decline, and paedophilia.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC
Release date: 06/05/2002
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: VCD 0217
Barcode: 5014138069322
DVD Description
This notorious comedy series stars Chris Morris as any number of people, skewering the pop culture cult of celebrity. Episodes include: 'Animals', 'Drugs', 'Sex', 'Crime', and the 2001 special.
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Extra Footage, Commentaries, Trailers, Sound Bin
Sound: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Wide Screen, 4:3 Full Frame
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital English
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