Beautiful People - Series 1

Well, I don't agree. But I see your point!
 

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 6 2008, 2:48 PM BST

Lol. But the programme is supposed to be funny. That usually means that every and any character should have funny lines.

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There's a difference between every character having funny lines and every line being funny. The latter would just be tiring and irritating.
 

Come off it everyone. Just think about it for two seconds.

"Gash - I mean gaff" is obviously meant to be a gag line.

Try and imagine somebody ever saying that for real. If it's meant to be a serious line, it's an even worse piece of dialogue. It's neither realistic nor illuminating nor funny nor revealing of character nor anything. Just clunky and awful.

Think about all the occasions when you have seen someone say something "rude" by accident. "I'll have a pint of tits" or something. What do they do? They blush, or giggle, or slap their mates on the back and generally make a song and dance about it. Nobody just says it.
 

We disagree.


(Not that it was a favourite line or anything.)

But clearly (to me) meant to make us dislike the character. Make her look crass and unpleasant.
 

Honestly if, as a (new)writer, you submitted a script with that line in it would be picked up on, chewed to pieces and struck off. And quite right too. I can't believe it got past a producer and a script editor, but going by some of the flashback and fantasy scenes in this show, they obviously needing as much pissing crap as possible. Sorry, did I say pissing crap? I meant 'padding'...

I can't help but agree with zooo.

I think it was an intentional bad line, 'cos that character would use such a naff line in hope of getting his attention.





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Quote: random @ October 6 2008, 7:10 PM BST

I can't help but agree with zooo.

I think it was an intentional bad line, 'cos that character would use such a naff line in hope of getting his attention.





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I could accept that excuse, if the rest of the script wasn't filled with equally lame jokes and corny inneundo and the character who said it was actually funny.

In your opinion.
 

Quote: zooo @ October 6 2008, 7:33 PM BST

In your opinion.

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In my most humble opinion *scrapes floor like Uriah Heep*

But then I don't like On the Buses, etc

Quote: zooo @ October 6 2008, 7:33 PM BST

In your opinion.

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Who elses?
 

Shuttup you!
I like stating the obvious, leave me alone!
 

Quote: zooo @ October 6 2008, 7:37 PM BST

Shuttup you!
I like stating the obvious, leave me alone!

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*Flicks peanuts at Zooos head and giggles*
 

zooo's*
 

Quote: Aaron @ October 6 2008, 7:44 PM BST

zooo's*

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Get stuffed*
 

Why thank you, I will*