My guess is some/most of Brooker's humour would either escape or grate American
sensibilities but you know Americans can be a real surprise - I've been waiting
by the phone for days now but some guy in America obviously thinks it funny to
wait longer before inviting me to perform at the Inauguration.
D
From: david ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 22:53
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Long Lightening Vowel Sound of France Unblocking,
and Japanese Phones
On Jan 16, 2017, at 7:48 AM, Donal McEvoy (Redacted sender "donalmcevoyuk" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Herald may be heralded but this form of satire was advanced long ago by
Charlie Brooker:-
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Thank you for this. I like, “Grief Digestion Theatre.”
We who are about to experience the Long Dark Teatime of the Soul are in need of
as much wit as we can get.
David Ritchie,Bleak House,Hardyville-on-Why