Sometimes I think people simply don't "get" me. Watching The Great ReSet again from the start - since Vile Pervert The Musical I've started all my movies with UNIVARSEHOLE presents and an adapted MichelAngelo painting where God is not touching Adam's finger but his arsehole. It took dear Mike Connolly ages to perfect that for me and it is - I think - very funny but I don't think anybody has spotted it. My films (and my records) are full of that sort of gag. My favourite 10cc track - Worst Band In The World - was a total flop, I suspect for the same reason. Humanity and I do not share the same sense of humour.

Your sense of humour is alternative it reminds me of both Lenny Bruce and Monty Python combined, with a little sprinkle of Barry Cryer on top.

I like it, but to be blunt, you have to remember that the aim is to entertain others and not just yourself.

Honey wrote:
I like it, but to be blunt, you have to remember that the aim is to entertain others and not just yourself.

Two tick offs of Mr K in a week - Honey you are spoiling me!

On a serious note, I think JK's work and success in "the biz" speaks volumes to an appreciation of what entertains the many, not necessarily himself.

The films are, understandably, more personal beneath the satire.

I think that sometimes an inward focus adds depth through idiosyncrasy; even if it may limit the audience.

Such are the choices we make...

Wyot wrote:
Honey wrote:
I like it, but to be blunt, you have to remember that the aim is to entertain others and not just yourself.

Two tick offs of Mr K in a week - Honey you are spoiling me!

On a serious note, I think JK's work and success in "the biz" speaks volumes to an appreciation of what entertains the many, not necessarily himself.

The films are, understandably, more personal beneath the satire.

I think that sometimes an inward focus adds depth through idiosyncrasy; even if it may limit the audience.

Such are the choices we make...



I wasn't ticking him off. He wouldn't have asked if he didn't want an opinion. Not that I am deluded enough to believe that he is especially interested in mine.

There is nothing wrong with producing art which is only an expression of yourself, and hooray for that, but if you actually want someone to listen, or buy it, you are probably going to have to modify the content.

For instance, Mr King's first film would have reached a lot more people if he had not included the song about buggering boys.
Now, "WE" know the song doesn't actually mean that, and it is made clear to anybody who listens.

Only, an awful lot of people didn't listen, because they were put right off by the title, and it confirmed their assumptions.
Sadly, (in my view) these are the sort of people who would have benefited from learning about the false allegation industry.

But maybe to Mr King it was more important to include it and blow getting viewers?
I support that too.

One of the reasons I am a huge fan of Mr King's music is that it is straight to the point, punchy, and he does not succumb to what I call "upyourselfitis" where artists, in the belief that they can do no wrong, indulge in lengthy rambling dirges that ooze with smugness and bore us to death.