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Britty Britty Bang Bang: One Man's Attempt to Understand His Country (2013)

di Hugh Dennis

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Hugh Dennis' hilarious and insightful exploration of the changing image of Britain and Britishness will enthral those who love Outnumbered, The Now Show, Mock the Week and quintessentially British humour. 'Utterly readable and laugh-out-loud funny' - Stephen Fry Hugh Dennis has secretly been worrying about what being "British" meant for nearly a decade, ever since his friend Ardal O'Hanlon had told him in passing that he was the most British person he had ever met. Hugh was unclear whether he was being praised, teased, vaguely insulted or possibly all three - because it has always been very difficult to know how to feel about being British. In 2012 we surprised the world. Not only did we provide an Olympic Games much better than Mitt Romney expected, or the French hoped, we also presented a completely new face - a gleaming fresh vision of Britain. Who thought that the country we knew so well would suddenly nip up into the national loft and bring down so much we had all forgotten about? What are our great traditions? Are we really good at inventing stuff? Are we obsessed by the weather? Did we invent Democracy? Who was Kenneth Branagh meant to be in that opening ceremony? Frankly this country has got some explaining to do... What readers are saying about Britty Britty Bang Bang: 'Pure Hugh Dennis!Witty Britty!A witty anecdote in every other sentence' 'An amusing yet also enlightening trawl through British historyand cultural values' 'Hugh Dennis writes very much in character - highly amusing and observant'… (altro)
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Comedian Hugh Dennis sat down to watch the Olympics in 2012 expecting the classic British failure, and after watching the archery team that had trained for 4 years fail to get past the elimination round. Here we go again he thought. But soon after we started to win, and with an aggressive streak that was most uncommon and ending up doing much better than Mitt Romney expected or the French hoped.

With this he decides to take a close look at what makes the British the way they are. Under his satirical gaze comes the weather, democracy and our industrial lead that we gave the world. After a meander through the competitive place that is the garden, asks if we are the nation of animal lovers that we portray ourselves as, and then sits down for a stiff drink whilst looking at our relationship with the hop and the vine.

Dennis writes in his own indomitable way; cynical, satirical and at times very amusing. It sometimes falls a little flat though and this is one of those rare occasions when I think that the audio book would be much funnier that the written word. Good solid three stars though. ( )
  PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 |
"I expected wit, irreverence, and erudition from Hugh Dennis and I got it."
read more: likeiamfeasting.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/britty-britty-bang-bang-hugh-dennis.html ( )
  mongoosenamedt | Aug 14, 2013 |
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Hugh Dennis' hilarious and insightful exploration of the changing image of Britain and Britishness will enthral those who love Outnumbered, The Now Show, Mock the Week and quintessentially British humour. 'Utterly readable and laugh-out-loud funny' - Stephen Fry Hugh Dennis has secretly been worrying about what being "British" meant for nearly a decade, ever since his friend Ardal O'Hanlon had told him in passing that he was the most British person he had ever met. Hugh was unclear whether he was being praised, teased, vaguely insulted or possibly all three - because it has always been very difficult to know how to feel about being British. In 2012 we surprised the world. Not only did we provide an Olympic Games much better than Mitt Romney expected, or the French hoped, we also presented a completely new face - a gleaming fresh vision of Britain. Who thought that the country we knew so well would suddenly nip up into the national loft and bring down so much we had all forgotten about? What are our great traditions? Are we really good at inventing stuff? Are we obsessed by the weather? Did we invent Democracy? Who was Kenneth Branagh meant to be in that opening ceremony? Frankly this country has got some explaining to do... What readers are saying about Britty Britty Bang Bang: 'Pure Hugh Dennis!Witty Britty!A witty anecdote in every other sentence' 'An amusing yet also enlightening trawl through British historyand cultural values' 'Hugh Dennis writes very much in character - highly amusing and observant'

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