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Mark Kermode reviews Funny Cow. A female comedian in the 1970s struggles to break through in the male-dominated industry. Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the...
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The story of a comedian who breaks through the glass ceiling of the all male 1970s comedy circuit, in the UK, to rise to stardom. *Licensed by Alliance Entertainment, LLC | Distribution Solutions.
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Maxine Peake is a comedian battling to get a break on the club circuit in the seventies.
Apr 13, 2018 · A childhood in a Yorkshire town is poverty-stricken and tough, with the young Funny Cow played by Macy Shackleton and, later, Hebe Beardsall.
- April 19, 2018
- Adrian Shergold
Apr 19, 2018 · Funny Cow isn’t a straightforward faux biopic: its narrative skips around in time, as if, perhaps, she is recalling in scattershot fashion the moments of toughening pain throughout her life that built up the layers of her defensive outer shell.
- Adrian Shergold
Unapologetically northern, Funny Cow authentically presents experiences of working-class life from post-war Britain (when a bathtub in the yard is a pool) through to the '70s. Full Review ...
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May 9, 2018 · Funny Cow (2017), directed by Adrian Shergold, tells the tale of a Northern comedienne nicknamed “Funny Cow” (Maxine Peake) who recalls her attempts to enter the male-domina ted comedy industry of 1970s-80s Britain.
