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Kaleidoscopic: Will our fave Abba-lovin', meglomaniac chat show host go to the movies?
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Kaleidoscopic: Will our fave Abba-lovin', meglomaniac chat show host go to the movies?
A a couple Kaleidoscopes back, I wrote about the oh-so-British TV host Alan Partridge. Here's what I said:
In the Loop (see Sam Adams' review) may be Armando Iannucci's first foray into film, but he's a TV vet. As a writer and producer, Iannucci introduced Britain to talk show host Alan Partridge (played by the great Steve Coogan). Partridge is an Anglo Stephen Colbert (if he only interviewed celebs, loved Abba and weren't in on the joke). Like most BBC sitcoms, it can be uncomfortable to watch ' The Office's David Brent would think this guy is a douchebag. And that's exactly why it's funny. All three Partridge series are out on DVD. Get awkward.
Iannucci recently confirmed speculation that a Partridge movie is in the works. I'm pysched but will they 'or more importantly, can they ' market Alan Partridge to Americans? Sure, In the Loop is based on Iannucci's The Thick of It but politics and war, especially with the addition of an American delegation headed up by James Gandolfini, leads to much broader subject matter than a dickish chat host who lacks the redeeming qualities of a character like Michael Scott from the American Office. While Michael Scott works as a softened version of David Brent, taking away Partridge's bite would take all the fun out of him. And, despite trying desperately hard to break the States, Coogan has been having some trouble. His most recent starring vehicle was stuck in studio purgatory and went straight to DVD and, even though I thought it was hilarious, starring vehicle and Sundance hit Hamlet 2 received a lukewarm reception both critically and at the box office.
But judge for yourself. Here's the first ep of Partridge's second series I'm Alan Partridge (the first ' Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge is explicitly a faux chat show, while I'm Alan Partridge is more a surreal situational sitcom):
So what'd you think?
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