Now it's not like me to get political, my pencil isn't savage enough, but with BBC's "The Thick of It" bowing out with an excellent, sweary, finale i've been moved to create this tribute.
Actor, writer, director & Oscar Winner, Peter Capaldi has always been a quality turn but, in Malcolm Tucker he's found his "Magnificent Octopus". Tucker, in Capaldi's hands, is a Tour-De-Force of Political Nature...tearing down idols and battering subordinates with all the gleeful, violent, prejudiced abandon of a two legged tornado.
Reportedly based on Alastair Campbell, his foul mouthed, splenetic poetry (courtesy of Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Simon Blackwell, Jesse Armstrong and a host of brilliant writers) is the stuff that TV gold is spun from.
The movie spin off "In the Loop" pushed the idea onto a bigger stage, while losing non of the bite. It is well worth seeking out should you not have seen it.
Genius work all round, ladies and gents
Excelsior Out!
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