CallMeButtLove 13 points 8 days ago

Okay, I know the lady they are saying she looks like, but not who she is. Every time it's always a meme that references her to people who already know her, so there's never a name. Who is this red haired woman so many people know??? I gather she has some kind of show on British TV or something.

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egrets 44 points 8 days ago

Diane Morgan is an actor from the UK. She got a small recurring role in some of Charlie Brooker's shows (Screenwipe, Weekly Wipe, etc) as a vox pop interviewee, alongside Al Campbell, the director.

Her character (and Campbell's) originally had different names for each appearance, but Morgan's eventually settled as Philomena Cunk. It's meant to be an absurd name; Campbell's recurring name was Barry Shitpeas.

Cunk's character got a couple of spinoff mockumentary specials in around 2016 where she was the presenter, and then a couple of miniseries later ("Cunk on Britain" and "Cunk on Earth"). I imagine Diane Morgan has had increasing control of the writing and the character as it's gone on.

The shows are very funny but won't vibe with everyone's sense of humour.

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Janx -17 points 8 days ago

The shows are very funny but won't vibe with everyone's sense of humour.

Is this a necessary detail to include? Humor is subjective, and I don't recall the character or shows ever generating controversy/backlash. Also, your statement describes all comedic content ever created...

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TankovayaDiviziya 2 points 8 days ago

British humour is sarcastic and crude, much cruder than most people's taste.

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Redfox8 2 points 8 days ago

On the basis of what?! Yes both aspects exist in British comedy, but there's plenty of depth too. If you're American, I can say that I'd take anything British over US comedy given what we get of that here! If you only get some of our stuff then you're not getting the full range (& vice versa).

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TankovayaDiviziya 2 points 7 days ago

You think I'm American when I spelled humour with "u" after "o"? I live across the Irish Sea so I get the full range of British humour. When i said crude, I don't mean unrefined, what I mean is that there is plenty of very edgy and "toilet humour" jokes. I'm saying that people not familiar or did not grow up with British humour would be taken aback and find it distasteful.

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Redfox8 0 points 7 days ago

Ah well I didn't assume anything, hence why I said 'if'. There's a large portion of Americans on Lemmy & my point was about how imported media is not a full representation. That said it is a moot point given your reply! (And I didn't notice the spelling, too tired at the time!).

I see what you mean re the crudeness, & therefore why other nationalities may not take to it. Humour can be very different in other parts of the world!

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