Oh, Blackpool.
So frickin awesome.
For those not familiar with random-ass british television. Blackpool is a 6-episode musical drama series revolving around bastardly gaming-house owner Ripley Holden, his family (unhappy wife, whiney daughter, and drug-dealing teenaged son), a murder, and the investigating detective.
The twist? Did you catch the word musical?
Oh yeah. Each episode contains 3-4 musical numbers/fantasy sequences featuring the cast members singing and dancing along with (mostly) well-known tunes. And more than half of those numbers feature middle-aged men singing women's parts and dancing with each other. Yeah, totally awesome.
Odd as hell. But totally awesome.
As for clips, YouTube doesn't have my favorite one (Ripley breaking out into The Supreme's "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" in front of the planning commission) but it does have most of the ones featuring David Tennant.
So, the one with the best song (and most hilarious ending) is here:
The one with the best choreography is here.
And the only one featuring two men angrily tangoing to a country music standard is here.
As for clips, YouTube doesn't have my favorite one (Ripley breaking out into The Supreme's "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" in front of the planning commission) but it does have most of the ones featuring David Tennant.
So, the one with the best song (and most hilarious ending) is here:
The one with the best choreography is here.
And the only one featuring two men angrily tangoing to a country music standard is here.
Wait, you consider "These Boots are made for walkin'" to be a country music standard? Nancy Sinatra, country? Not so much I don't think, just 60's. It's easy to confuse the two.
ReplyDeleteTo ME, it's a country music standard. But that might be because I once performed it on stage in the fifth grade while wearing cowboy boots and a trucker hat.
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