Armando Iannucci
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Armando Iannucci is a prominent writer and director known for his satirical works that critique political systems. This interview reveals his passion for examining political dynamics and his belief in the importance of public engagement and understanding in shaping a better future.
“Was really sort of up his street. So he's actually added this bit onto the Macmillan monologue and it sort of went on much longer. And he added this bit on at the end where he said, you know, when I've nothing better to do, I like to go to my local theatre and watch a bunch of sappy, urgent, vibrant young satirists with a stupid great gri…”
“Is there something, an example in the script that you felt, no, we're not going to do that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, sometimes. Yes, I have to be the misogyny police. I'll give an example from Newswatch, which is not deliberately sat at. But, you know, we get viewers comments in. And it's really interesting.”
“Yeah, yeah. I mean, Trump, I think, is like, yeah, he's sort of just on a single kind of line, isn't he? There's no Yeah, on Dead Ring is we do a thing where we have Boris kind of trying to be sort of articulate and sensible and then you know and then there's a and bad Boris comes in and starts going, you know, knickers and totting and ta…”
“What I would say, because I felt like I couldn't be just a total brown noser, I had a real think about it, and I have to say I think that for somebody of my generation, when I was 16, brass eye came out, and specifically the episode that was cake, it's a made up drug.”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — The Armando Iannucci One
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