English actor Samuel Barnett shares his comedic influences and insights on the internet.
The English actor shares what tickles his funny bone, from a bracing bagpipes outtake to a foolproof moment of awkward familial physical interaction. Samuel Barnett here. Like anyone who falls just between the gap of generation X and millennial (the jury still seems to be out on the exact moment of transition between the two) I didn’t grow up with the internet and I have developed a proper love/hate relationship with it.
I love that I never need to be lost again thanks to Google Maps (other map providers are available, but are they as good? Really?), but I hate that anyone can say pretty much anything about anyone at any time in a very public fashion and it’s just tough luck if you don’t like it. This is why I am only on Instagram when it comes to social media (I have a Facebook account but never look at it so why oh why can’t I just delete it?) because I find it the least egregious and the easiest to curate. I’m not saying anything new in stating that the internet really does show the best and the worst of humanity, so how lovely that there is a Guardian column like this that showcases the funniest of us on the internet as well.I grew up watching Victoria Wood as my mum was a fan. This is one of her best songs, so witty and silly, full of joy and smut and a fantastic repeating melody that builds and builds to a brilliant climax – very apt for the content of the song. As a child it always struck me how reserved and quiet Wood seemed in interviews compared to her on-stage persona. I seem to be drawn towards comedy that has real pathos in it. In that respect, you can draw a direct line from Victoria Wood to Fleabag.Fleabag is one of my favourite shows. The producers of the original stage show, Francesca Moody Productions, also happen to be producing the show I’m bringing to Australia: Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen. But let’s not go on about i
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