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Fawlty Towers analysis Brainstorm British stereotypes

Fawlty Towers analysis Brainstorm British stereotypes. NARRATIVE DEVELOPMENT character, story, setting GENRE distinctive characteristics of THEMES key ideas in each film. Well dressed Posh, upper class – clumsy, bumbling, eccentric but charming (e.g. Hugh Grant) Aristocracy Phone boxes

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Fawlty Towers analysis Brainstorm British stereotypes

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  1. Fawlty Towers analysisBrainstorm British stereotypes

  2. NARRATIVE DEVELOPMENTcharacter, story, settingGENREdistinctive characteristics ofTHEMESkey ideas in each film

  3. Well dressed • Posh, upper class – clumsy, bumbling, eccentric but charming (e.g. Hugh Grant) • Aristocracy • Phone boxes • Village life: cricket, croquet, village green, fete, vicar, sense of community, warm beer on a sunny day, scones and tea • Fish and chips • Pie and mash • Roast beef/dinner • Curry • Cockney (villain, gangster?) – Ray Winston

  4. Fawlty Towers • Farce – lots of action and exaggerated (caricature) – Basil Fawlty is eccentric and loud, self-centered, no common decency, physical humour (clumsy) • Slapstick – related to farce – improbable events • Basil Fawlty is jingoistic and cynical – also a snob • Puns • Misunderstandings • Dry humour (i.e. told without humorous expression), wit, sarcasm (satire – making Basil (and the types of British people he represents) seem ridiculous) • Aspirational – wants to move up social classes (from middle to upper middle to upper)

  5. Hot Fuzz • Released in 2007 • Directed by Edgar Wright • Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton and Edward Woodward, as well as various other famous British comedians in smaller roles (Steve Coogan, Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman and Bill Bailey) • Action comedy featuring lots of references to US Action films (h/w: look up “intertextual”) • Second film of the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy, coming after Shaun of the Dead and before The World’s End (not yet released) • Set predominantly in Sandford in Gloucestershire

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