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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.
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 ...
Directed by Adrian Shergold. When life knocks you down… stand up. A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England’s working men’s clubs. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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.
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Apr 20, 2018 · Funny Cow is a macho woman. She can beat men. But only by joining them. Lots of viewers will hate her. Peake’s character beams as another comic tells racist jokes. She tells a racist and...
