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Old 01-01-2017, 21:24
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It had low ratings so therefore I feel validated in my own opinion about it. Not difficult really is it?



You're knowingly misrepresenting again. I said:



I am clearly stating my own personal opinion, just as everyone does. You choose to wilfully misinterpret that in order to score points - It's a common online device.



Merely corroboration for my opinion. How on earth could it be a hard fact when we're dealing solely in opinion?



I'm not responsible for what other people think. I speak for myself only, as you well know. Now, do try and post without misrepresenting what's been said.
You seem to find it difficult, I don't. In what way can low ratings justify that you found it unfunny and corroborate your opinion? That makes no sense whatsoever.
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:28
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I found it very funny and laughed loads throughout. The bit where the actor was trying to open that bottle and raging at the audience had me in stitches.
While funny it was for me the least implausible piece of business as any sensible, one-handed pirate captain would have used their teeth to remove the cap ... er, perhaps not with a bottle of poison?
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:28
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It had low ratings so therefore I feel validated in my own opinion about it. Not difficult really is it?



You're knowingly misrepresenting again. I said:



I am clearly stating my own personal opinion, just as everyone does. You choose to wilfully misinterpret that in order to score points - It's a common online device.



Merely corroboration for my opinion. How on earth could it be a hard fact when we're dealing solely in opinion?



I'm not responsible for what other people think. I speak for myself only, as you well know. Now, do try and post without misrepresenting what's been said.
The point is, just because you didn't find it funny doesn't mean it wasn't funny.

This is the aspect you seem to be missing. You're telling people it wasn't funny rather than just saying it wasn't funny to you.
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:30
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You seem to find it difficult, I don't. In what way can low ratings justify that you found it unfunny and corroborate your opinion? That makes no sense whatsoever.

What's difficult to understand? It wasn't very good so it had low viewing figures. Are you being wilfully obtuse?
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:30
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The point is, just because you didn't find it funny doesn't mean it wasn't funny.

This is the aspect you seem to be missing. You're telling people it wasn't funny rather than just saying it wasn't funny to you.
No, that's your spin. Know the difference.
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:33
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What's difficult to understand? It wasn't very good so it had low viewing figures. Are you being wilfully obtuse?
Duh! How did people know it wasn't very good if they didn't watch it? Do you seriously think high ratings equals better quality??!
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:34
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While funny it was for me the least implausible piece of business as any sensible, one-handed pirate captain would have used their teeth to remove the cap ... er, perhaps not with a bottle of poison?
That's because the actor's not clever enough to think of that. He thinks he's the smartest of the company when really he has as little idea what to do as anyone else. It's why he rages at the audience. He's frustrated by his own lack of competence.
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:44
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Duh! How did people know it wasn't very good if they didn't watch it? Do you seriously think high ratings equals better quality??!
😂😂😂 brilliant response!
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Old 01-01-2017, 21:49
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No, that's your spin. Know the difference.
The word "unmitigated" is not a word that can be used as part of an opinion on something subjective. For something to be unmitigated it has to be the case with universal agreement. Clearly that is impossible in this instance as people did laugh and found the show to be funny.

That's the difference.
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Old 01-01-2017, 22:39
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You seem to find it difficult, I don't. In what way can low ratings justify that you found it unfunny and corroborate your opinion? That makes no sense whatsoever.
Exactly, people would have to watch it to find it unfunny in the first place

Anyway, I bloody loved it, so so funny- The director channeling Basil Fawlty and I really like slapstick so I was crying with laughter all the way through. I hope they do another one that gets a bit better slot than early evening on NYE as it can't have cost that much to make and felt like a genuine festive bit of fun.
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Old 01-01-2017, 23:44
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I was discussing the show with my grandparents earlier- seems my grandad was confused and thought that it was a genuine show with poor actors and genuine mistakes... Took a bit of explaining that it was supposed to be like that! They turned off after a few minutes because they thought it was rubbish! Think I might have convinced them to give it another try
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Old 01-01-2017, 23:46
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That's because the actor's not clever enough to think of that. He thinks he's the smartest of the company when really he has as little idea what to do as anyone else. It's why he rages at the audience. He's frustrated by his own lack of competence.
He also thinks he's a serious actor which is why he hates the thought that he's in a panto
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Old 02-01-2017, 00:12
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I was discussing the show with my grandparents earlier- seems my grandad was confused and thought that it was a genuine show with poor actors and genuine mistakes... Took a bit of explaining that it was supposed to be like that! They turned off after a few minutes because they thought it was rubbish! Think I might have convinced them to give it another try
I don't blame them, If you just happened upon it I can imagine it would be quite confusing! They would have thought it was really bad when the ship started sailing past Eggheads and the news lol!
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Old 02-01-2017, 01:10
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Just caught this with my dad, absolutely loved it, we were both howling with laughter all the way through it xD
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Old 02-01-2017, 01:14
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Flicking through the channels a short while ago, saw the title and thought it sounded intriguing, so I started watching it.

It was absolutely hilarious.

Loved how David Suchet was trying to narrate seriously but it was all going wrong for him.
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Old 02-01-2017, 01:42
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The Play That Goes Wrong is a hugely successful and enjoyable West End production. It's about an amateur theatre company putting on a murder mystery but anything that could go wrong...goes wrong. It's very funny and plays fantastically to a live audience.

Last year the makers did another show over the Christmas, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, which was received equally well. This is simply the TV version of that and it's filmed in front of a live audience who are watching it as if it were in the theatre. It's all real laughter, so not canned.
It's not often you see a comedy on TV that really makes you laugh out loud. Yes it is silly,but that is what it is meant to be. I think the casting of David Suchet in it was a great idea. It was refreshing from the current trend of comedy shows we see.
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Old 02-01-2017, 01:56
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What's difficult to understand? It wasn't very good so it had low viewing figures. Are you being wilfully obtuse?
You mean it wasn't very good IN YOUR OPINION? As for low viewing figures, as a poster pointed out, that was bound to be the case given the timeslot and day it was on.

You're right to point out everyone has a right to an opinion and humour especially is subjective but I can't for the life of me understand how you (and a few others on this thread) didn't find this play even the slightest bit funny.
I was howling with laughter throughout, as were most of the others who've commented on this thread and doubtless the majority of those who did watch it.
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Old 02-01-2017, 06:23
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I enjoyed it. They should have put it on Christmas Day instead of baking some more cakes in a tent.
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Old 02-01-2017, 07:30
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I enjoyed it. They should have put it on Christmas Day instead of baking some more cakes in a tent.
You are so right about this. I am so glad that the dreaded Bake Off is not on BBC now!

Peter Pan was brilliant, so many visual gags throughout - the stage hands appearing in order to put on the flying cables, one of them taking over the role of Peter - too many to mention!
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Old 02-01-2017, 07:32
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He also thinks he's a serious actor which is why he hates the thought that he's in a panto
It's not a Panto....it's a Christmas vignette!! 😂😂
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Old 02-01-2017, 08:56
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You mean it wasn't very good IN YOUR OPINION? As for low viewing figures, as a poster pointed out, that was bound to be the case given the timeslot and day it was on.

You're right to point out everyone has a right to an opinion and humour especially is subjective but I can't for the life of me understand how you (and a few others on this thread) didn't find this play even the slightest bit funny.
I was howling with laughter throughout, as were most of the others who've commented on this thread and doubtless the majority of those who did watch it.
Fully agree, it would seem, the " very few" who couldn't ( wouldn't) find this funny, are hounding the majority who enjoyed it. Using anything to try to justify their opinion.

Everyone has a opinion but reading this thread the vast majority enjoyed it, I can't see why one or two are so passionate about saying thoose who enjoyed it are wrong and they the few are right.

It seems this thread was started on a " Debbie Downer" with expectations that the following posts would agree, and if you enjoyed it, Your brought to task.

Viewing figures were far better than ITV wrestling on the same time, and it was NYE when many were going out to parties, I bet by word of mouth IPlayer and catch up will be better.

Some have a predictable predetermined position that they " will not like" something, often, that say it's on the BBC so they will not allow it.

It was funny, the majority agree, a few do not, they are entitled to their opinion, my opinion is they do not have any sense of humour.
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Old 02-01-2017, 10:12
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Well my kids have just woken up and asked to watch it again ( having watched last thing last night ) so a resounding success in our house and they def get the irony of it as well. I think this will end up being our most played recording of the month!
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Old 02-01-2017, 10:51
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It had low ratings so therefore I feel validated in my own opinion about it. Not difficult really is it?
The low ratings don't really validate anything, given its timeslot on New Year's Eve. I recorded it and watched it last night for that very reason, I was out when it was originally broadcast. It will be interesting to see what the final figures are with all of the catchup options included, I would think they will be considerably higher.

Even so the fact remains that The Play That Goes Wrong has been playing in London for over 2.5 years now, plus productions around the world, a transfer to Broadway in the Spring, and another UK tour in the next couple of months. Peter Pan Goes Wrong has also had a successful UK tour and two successful London runs, and The Play About A Bank Robbery is also proving very successful in London.

The Mischief Theatre are unique in such a young theatre company having three successful productions running in London simultaneously.

You may have found it "an an unmitigated laugh-free zone from beginning to end" but a lot of people obviously disagree, otherwise Mischief Theatre wouldn't be having such continued success, leading to this BBC adaptation.
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Old 02-01-2017, 10:57
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the stage hands appearing in order to put on the flying cables, one of them taking over the role of Peter - too many to mention!
Him stepping on the loose plank in the table which whacked him on the head was the one bit of business which was the funniest for me given how I did not see it coming.
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Old 02-01-2017, 11:13
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Him stepping on the loose plank in the table which whacked him on the head was the one bit of business which was the funniest for me given how I did not see it coming.
I loved the 'conversation' after the pirate dropped his sword in the boat. The guy who played the dog/shadow/pirate was brilliant, very funny.
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