US TV Critic Slates Little Britain USA
A TV critic from the acclaimed American Variety magazine has slated Little Britiain USA in advance of its premiere this weekend.
Brian Lowry slammed the show saying:
“Little Britain USA is mostly just crude, revelling in mock condescension towards American stereotypes.”
“The wit level of these over-the-top interludes seldom rises above what’s scrawled on a middle-school bathroom wall. Walliams and Lucas certainly owe a debt to Benny Hill and Monty Python, but their impulses invariably drift below the (freely exposed) belt, going for the easiest possible gag. So there are plenty of drag bits, fat suits and gay jokes, such as Walliams’ fey British prime minister acting like he has a positively giddy crush on the US president (Harry Lennix).”
Brian added: “The series is augmented by the strains of canned laughter that come across as forced each time one of the location bits falls flat.”
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LITTLE BRITAIN USA Last series
What on earth are the BBC thinking in transmitting this abject rubbish - when these two started they were fresh and very funny if somewhat irreverent but like many shows they just did not know when to stop. Two series of Little Britain UK was fine but it got painfully worse as they made a third and went into more rubber suits and women that appeared naked, vomited over people, peed in supermarkets and tried to be so cleaver that I am sure they felt they were only there to amuse themselves rather than the public.
And now after six episodes of the USA version, I am amazed that HBO allowed it by paying for it and that the BBC allowed themselves to transmit it. The naked men in the shower was not funny from the first episode and frankly their constant appearances belittled the original talent that Lucas and Walliams once had.
I am very hopeful that the BBC will not allow any more to be made or transmitted and I am sure our American cousins did not find this form of British “humour” at all to their taste. HBO must be mad if they given them a second series. Even the laughter track is half hearted and both Lucas and Walliams looked uncomfortable throughout the whole enterprise. Move on – like Catherine Tate who is by far more intelligent, witty and talented.