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Found out about this guy a couple of days ago and I wanted to make a thread about him.
Chris Morris is a British comedian and creator of shows such as The Day Today and Brass Eye. His style of humor is typically black comedy mixed in with surrealism and some incredibly well done satire. The guy is an incredibly funny dude and outside TV series he created he also wrote a couple of episodes for the HBO show Veep, created the film Four Lions , and collaborated with electronic musician Amon Tobin to create the song "slowly."
However, his magnum opus comes in the form of a nearly 30 minute long special for his show Brass Eye called "Paedogeddon!" The special was a brilliant satire of the moral panic Britain was experiencing over pedos at the time, largely due to a name and shame campaign created by News of the World. And yes, pedophiles are disgusting pieces of shit. The problem came from the fact that people took it a little bit to far, such as a Pediatrician's house being vandalized because paediatrician(fuck the British spelling of words.) looked like "paedo"(again, fuck the British spelling of words.)
Seeing this moral panic, Chris created one of, if not the best pieces of satire ever. "Paedogeddon!" managed to show the knee jerk reaction the media had by embarrassing celebrities and politicians. For example, Phil Collins and Gary Lineker endorsed a phony charity called "Nonce Sense" reporters warn of pedos using "Hiden Online Entrampment Control System" AKA HOECS games which pedos used to abuse children. A MP talks about Pedos using a area of the internet the size of Ireland, a comedian was tricked into saying pedos use noxious fumes to subdue kids, going as far to sniff a keyboard and then claim that it made him feel "suggestible", a DJ(who years later who be accused of sexual assault) claimed "paedophiles have more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me" "Now that is scientific fact—there's no real evidence for it—but it is scientific fact". A pro pedo group storms the production, and footage is shown of a pedo dressing up as a school in order to fiddle kids.
The reaction to this episode was highly negative, with people putting in thousands of complaints about the program. Tabloids at the time hated Chris, and launched a campaign against the man. For example both the Daily Star and the Daily Mail made headlines calling it "unspeakably sick." This is ironic considering the fact that both publications had stories sexualizing minors right next to the headline. Politicians also hated it, with the Minister of Child Protection calling it "unspeakably sick" despite having not seen the full episode. Chris, for his part, never responded to any of the criticism lobbed at him or his program.
Overall, Chris has made a ton of hilarious shows and I honestly think that before they die, everyone should see Paedogeddon at least twice. It is undoubtedly the funniest thing I have ever seen.
Also here's playlist for The Day Today, Brass Eye, and Jam
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsk8QVYMUhWKGbt-Xy1HLrR1KGIZylpX5
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ZXnH9gAVciKUMntOgpT_9k8yO5a1Yeb
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLplTeJuJsRE9ywUxxbLKE5B7EsycHyI03
Chris Morris is a British comedian and creator of shows such as The Day Today and Brass Eye. His style of humor is typically black comedy mixed in with surrealism and some incredibly well done satire. The guy is an incredibly funny dude and outside TV series he created he also wrote a couple of episodes for the HBO show Veep, created the film Four Lions , and collaborated with electronic musician Amon Tobin to create the song "slowly."
However, his magnum opus comes in the form of a nearly 30 minute long special for his show Brass Eye called "Paedogeddon!" The special was a brilliant satire of the moral panic Britain was experiencing over pedos at the time, largely due to a name and shame campaign created by News of the World. And yes, pedophiles are disgusting pieces of shit. The problem came from the fact that people took it a little bit to far, such as a Pediatrician's house being vandalized because paediatrician(fuck the British spelling of words.) looked like "paedo"(again, fuck the British spelling of words.)
Seeing this moral panic, Chris created one of, if not the best pieces of satire ever. "Paedogeddon!" managed to show the knee jerk reaction the media had by embarrassing celebrities and politicians. For example, Phil Collins and Gary Lineker endorsed a phony charity called "Nonce Sense" reporters warn of pedos using "Hiden Online Entrampment Control System" AKA HOECS games which pedos used to abuse children. A MP talks about Pedos using a area of the internet the size of Ireland, a comedian was tricked into saying pedos use noxious fumes to subdue kids, going as far to sniff a keyboard and then claim that it made him feel "suggestible", a DJ(who years later who be accused of sexual assault) claimed "paedophiles have more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me" "Now that is scientific fact—there's no real evidence for it—but it is scientific fact". A pro pedo group storms the production, and footage is shown of a pedo dressing up as a school in order to fiddle kids.
The reaction to this episode was highly negative, with people putting in thousands of complaints about the program. Tabloids at the time hated Chris, and launched a campaign against the man. For example both the Daily Star and the Daily Mail made headlines calling it "unspeakably sick." This is ironic considering the fact that both publications had stories sexualizing minors right next to the headline. Politicians also hated it, with the Minister of Child Protection calling it "unspeakably sick" despite having not seen the full episode. Chris, for his part, never responded to any of the criticism lobbed at him or his program.
Overall, Chris has made a ton of hilarious shows and I honestly think that before they die, everyone should see Paedogeddon at least twice. It is undoubtedly the funniest thing I have ever seen.
Also here's playlist for The Day Today, Brass Eye, and Jam
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsk8QVYMUhWKGbt-Xy1HLrR1KGIZylpX5
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ZXnH9gAVciKUMntOgpT_9k8yO5a1Yeb
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLplTeJuJsRE9ywUxxbLKE5B7EsycHyI03
