Two Dennis Potter television screenplays. In "Karaoke", a dying writer more than half-imagines that something he has written has escaped into the world outside. "Cold Lazarus" is set 400 years in the future, where a cryogenically preserved head is being commercially exploited.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A really great couple of plays, will surely twist your head.,
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This review is from: Karaoke and Cold Lazarus (Paperback)
The author's terminal illness as he wrote these plays really comes out in what I see as his most powerful work. It reveals a clever blend of a hint of an autobiography with fears of our "Brave New World". The Potter style is unmistakable and unlike anything else ever done.Subtle hints at social progress paint a sad glimpse into our future if we let governments have their way.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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historical truths, as Stendahl said, come only in fiction,
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This review is from: Karaoke and Cold Lazarus (Paperback)
Both above comments are accurate appraisals of Dennis' last works. These last writings reveal a consciousness far deeper than most of us can fathom. Stendahl knew that fiction often carries more _real_ truths than official history. Dennis' portrayal of the "Total Universal Entertainment Corporation" in "Cold Lazarus" is coming true, even as we watch.... And, as he knew, its not governments that are the source, but corporations. Dennis revealed what can happen to the psychic lives of real people in times of elite domination as no other ever has, save James Joyce, perhaps. All the appraisals of his storys as idiosyncratic, quirky, or some other negative category are simply clues to how little most understand about what he provided for us. "Cold Lazarus" is a 'must read' because the TV production took too many liberties (hyped futurism) and the dynamic process among characters was shadowed and often hidden. Dennis Potter was a gift and a sacrament. Literate folk should enshrine him close to the heart.That, after all, was his subject: the heart in the over-produced, over-commodified "war of all against all."
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Goodbye Dear Genius,
This review is from: Karaoke and Cold Lazarus (Paperback)
This Is a Fantastic, moving piece of literature. Much criticized at its time of release (mainly by those not intelligent enough to understand it), this stands out as the last thoughts of a dying genius. It was Potters dying wish that these pieces be televised uncut and the BBC pretty much respected this. I dont want to spoil this for anyone, so buy it and prepare to be enlightened on a high level. Perhaps the greatest author ever?
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