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The best part of BLACK'S BOOKS is Bernard Black (Dylan Moran), the owner. He takes being obnoxious and drunk to the nth degree. Perhaps the only reason he owns a bookstore is to remain conscious on a daily basis. His comic foil is his assistant Manny, (Bill Bailey), who is sober and nice. Naturally, Bernard's chief joy in life is to make Manny's life as hellish as possible by antagonizing him at every turn. These two work well as a comic duo but they are painted in even broader strokes than Edie & Patsy in ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. I never quite enjoyed the comedy in this show as much as I did the comedy in ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS or ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES. I think BLACK'S BOOKS perhaps pushes the comic duo so hard that at times it goes too far and right over the edge. The other two shows managed to not go over the cliff but go right to the edge of it. Also, I could have eliminated the third character in his show, the woman shop owner next to them, Edie Fran (Tamsin Greig), their oldest friend. This is a fun show, enjoyable, but I just don't adore the comedy in it the way the other reviewers here at Amazon do. Perhaps nothing varies as much though as each person's personal sense of the absurd.
The Complete Black Books Overview
Black Books centers around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black (Dylan Moran). Bernard's devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and willful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny (Bill Bailey), his assistant. Bearded, gentle, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn't and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran (Tamsin Greig), their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group's peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.
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Hysterical British Humour! - -
Dylan Moran is so disgustingly lovely... the kind of guy you'd love to hate but just can't. The scripts are clever and the comedy crazy! Get this if you get British humour!
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