The Inbetweeners - A Stroke of Genius
When you see a high school comedy/drama, they usually consist of unrealistic, clichéd, one-dimensional, boring archetypal characters either jumping around with pom-poms, playing basketball, soccer or any other 'macho' or 'jock' sport or even singing and dancing, painting a rather unrealistically glamorous and glossed up representation of high school life. Their parents are filthy-rich and live in houses that are even bigger than their schools and have swimming pools which make the Pacific Ocean look like a small droplet of water?! They take holidays in exotic destinations and stay in luxury accommodation and travel in private jets not to mention these pool parties with their perfect bodies which look as if they have been carved from Michelangelo's chisel.
Then came The Inbetweeners. A breath of fresh air to get rid of the smelly odours of the glossy, cheesiness of the high-school cliché. A stroke of genius to brush away the unrealism and pretentiousness of the stereotypically glamorous high-school lifestyle. The Inbetweeners explored the fabulous and very awkward lives of Jay and his fictional sexual conquests and whose vast knowledge of sex is derived from nothing more than internet pornography, 'clunge magazines' and very mild imagination, the dopey Simon the more calmer one with the tendency to have major outburts at the smallest setbacks and an obsession with classmate Carli and faces a lot of misfortunes when it comes to women, the intellectually challenged Neil who has some serious body-popping dance moves and a love of older women and 'briefcase wanker' Will, the newest recruit to the gang and the seemingly straight-laced one who is the most sceptical to all of Jay's fictional sexual escapades. A lot more true to life than all those high school comedies out there!!
What set The Inbetweeners apart was the fact that it was so relatable and could easily connect with it's audience as it's portrayal of high school life was more realistic and there was nothing like this prior to the Inbetweeners. The show really explored the camaraderie between Neil, Jay, Simon and Will and their failed attempts at 'getting laid' and facing a series of misfortunes. They were shown swearing and making lewd, crude sexual jokes, coming up with tonnes of synonyms for a woman's private parts and watching porn and revelling in their sexual frustration, just like teenage boys do in the real world. They don't have male model looks or spend huge amounts of time on a surfboard or in a basketball court.
The film also made it into my yet-to-expand Blu-ray collection as I saw it this summer and loved it. 'Twas well funny. It sticks to the common formulas from the TV series which are familiar to all of the die-hard fans out there and incorporates them onto the big screen. The film, which is probably an extended, feature-length episode of The Inbetweeners, shows the boys going on holiday to the not-so-exotic location of
For me, The Inbetweeners definitely blows American Pie and Superbad out of the Mediterranean Sea!!! They shoot, they score, right up the vaj! Or maybe not?
Some classic verbal gems:
Will: So smelling like an industrial accident in a Lynx factory and looking like the world's shittest boyband, we hit the town.
Neil: I stopped believing in god when I realised it was just dog spelt backwards. A few words of wisdom from Neil there.
Jay: There's a fit bird up there that's so wet for me I can hear the waves breaking in her fanny. - Very eloquently put, Jay.
Neil: We're the Pussy Patrol.
James: Pussy Patrol? More like the Bumming Brigade!
My favourite bit of the whole film by a mile:
Also worth a read:
http://tv.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/arts/television/27inbetween.html?_r=1
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/18/inbetweeners-movie-faces-2011-comedy?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038
Night night now, bellends!!!
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