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Chris Morris

  1. underrated
    In Praise of Four Lions, ‘the Muslim Blazing SaddlesStand-up Alex Edelman goes deep on his love for the 2010 black comedy.
  2. q&a
    Chris Morris Finds the FBI, Sadly, Very FunnyThe Brass Eye creator reinvented himself as a movie director with Four Lions. It only took him nine years to give us a second film.
  3. british comedy
    Meet Brass Eye, the Original Who Is America?A look back at Chris Morris’s prescient British comedy series.
  4. Digging Up the Roots of News Satire with ‘On the Hour’ There have been many articles I’ve written for this series where I assumed that I was probably introducing a significant portion of my […]
  5. The Gospel According to BarleyNathan Barley is like treasure. It’s a British sitcom that aired ten years ago, with six sweet episodes eviscerating urban tech-chic culture. […]
  6. Hands Up, Who Likes Me?: Nathan Barley and the Rise of the IdiotsIn this weekly column, I’ll introduce you to the world of British comedy in the chronology of how I, an American anglophile, discovered it in […]
  7. Hands Up, Who Likes Me?: Chris Morris’ Twisted JamIn this weekly column, I’ll introduce you to the world of British comedy in the chronology of how I, an American anglophile, discovered it in […]
  8. Hands Up, Who Likes Me?: Chris Morris and the Subversive Comedy of Brass […]In this weekly column, I’ll introduce you to the world of British comedy in the chronology of how I, an American anglophile, discovered it in […]
  9. ‘Terrorist Comedy’ Four Lions Coming to the USVia Mr. Alex Balk comes news that Four Lions, Chris Morris’ “terrorist comedy” just snagged US distribution through Drafthouse Films, the new […]
  10. trailer mix
    Four Lions Trailer: A Screwball Comedy About Suicide BombersChris Morris takes on a taboo.