Sellers could move between sophisticated humour and broad slapstick and make each a thing of comic beauty
PETER SELLERS died 40 years ago, aged only 54, yet his reputation endures in a way many of his peers’ have not. It is hard to think of any British comic actor—indeed, any Western comic actor at all—of his era who remains so celebrated. But then, none had his uncanny improvisational ability or his astonishing range: the result, he always claimed, of having no real character of his own.
“A State of Comic Ecstasy” highlights the very good, to emphasise what an extraordinary talent Sellers possessed, as well as the very bad, to illustrate how vanity and poor choices intertwined with his distressing family life to diminish him. His most famous role, and the one which made him a global star—Inspector Clouseau, the maladroit French detective from the “Pink Panther” series —is mentioned all but in passing, as if it was scarcely worthy of him.
You might think this would make him a prime candidate to be, in today’s parlance, cancelled. Yet his Indian parody was remarkably popular with, well, Indians and others from the subcontinent. Hanif Kureishi, a writer, appears in the new BBC film to recall how his Pakistani father and white English mother delighted in seeing their relationship reflected thus on screen, despite Sellers’s brownface.
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Peter Andre unveils new lockdown look after wife Emily cuts his hairPeter Andre's wife Emily MacDonagh tackled her husband's overgrown hair over the weekend - and the results are impressive
Weiterlesen »
Peter Andre ogles wife Emily's bum and jokes 'nice package' in cheeky videoPeter Andre could not resist staring at his wife MacDonagh's peachy bottom when she wore a pair of tiny shorts over the weekend
Weiterlesen »
7 Jerry Stiller quotes to remember the actor after his deathThe comedic icon passed away at the age of 92 of natural causes, his son, actor Ben Stiller, said on Monday.
Weiterlesen »
Angelina Jolie pays tribute to refugee mothers' strength on this Mother's DayThe actor, filmmaker and Special Envoy to the United Nations' Refugee Agency recognized the experiences of mothers who are refugees in a New York Times personal essay.
Weiterlesen »
Angelina Jolie Throws Subtle Dig At Jon Voight In Powerful Tribute To Her MotherThe actor wrote a revealing New York Times op-ed about her memories of her mother and father.
Weiterlesen »