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June 15, 2000 0413736709 978-0413736703 0
Ben Elton's plays in one volume for the first time

Gasping: ". . . an often hilarious satire on yuppiedom, advertising and corporate greed" (Daily Telegraph); ". . . the sharpest futuristic comedy since Henceforward, and the best Green comedy since The Good Life was young."(Financial Times). Silly Cow: "It has an ingenious plot. . . another perfect occasion for a Ben Elton satire on the modern world. . ." (Financial Times). Popcorn: "An enjoyable, intelligent, thought-provoking play" (Independent); "It thrills on stage precisely because it adopts the sick humour, sickening violence and downright sexiness of the Stone-Tarantino school of film-making that Elton is satirising" (Evening Standard).




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Popcorn: 'An enjoyable, intelligent, though-provoking play.' -- Independent. 'It thrills on stage precisely because it adopts the sick humour, sickening violence and downright sexiness of the Stone-Tarantino school of film-making that Elton is satirising.' -- Evening Standard

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  • Paperback: 255 pages
  • Publisher: Methuen Drama (June 15, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0413736709
  • ISBN-13: 978-0413736703
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,267,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pass the Popcorn, October 23, 2001
This review is from: Ben Elton Plays: 1 (Paperback)
Ben Elton is perhaps more famous for his work on the BlackAdder series and his spot on saturday Night Live. Yet these plays are surely far the superior. Combining Gasping, Silly Cow, and Popcorn (my favourite) into one book, these plays have the typical Elton satyrical streak along with some more adult humour that most definately would not make it to TV. Forget Baldrik, give me Scout and her boyfriend, the psycopathic serial killers and media darlings. Could you turn of your TV to save a woman's life. Would youi miss the television event of a life time out of human kindness ? Confused ? Better give them a read then.
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