Identity Crisis

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A term used to describe the wide spectrum of human sexuality. The Rainbow has long been used by the gay movement, but is not exclusive to gay people. In April 2007, Get a Grip, a new show, began on ITV1. Featuring comic sketches similar to those on The Ben Elton Show and staged studio discussion between Elton and 23-year-old Alexa Chung, the show's aim was to "contrast Elton's middle-aged viewpoint with Chung's younger perspective" (although Elton was responsible for the scripts). Willis, Andrew (2004). Film stars: Hollywood and beyond. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p.169. ISBN 0-7190-5645-4. He's right. The book is chiefly concerned with spotlighting the catastrophic collapse of much public debate into a giant rolling fatberg of grievances, real and imagined misunderstandings, and ugly eyes-closed partisanship.

Elton wrote All is True, released 2018, a speculative story of William Shakespeare's years in Stratford-upon-Avon after his retirement from the theatre and move from London. Along with the filmcraft and acting, returning collaboration with Kenneth Branagh, All is True shows Elton giving a more serious and biographical perspective to some of the same characters who appear in Upstart Crow. Harry Enfield, Jo Brand, Julian Clary and more join Ben Elton for Friday Night Live | Channel 4". www.channel4.com . Retrieved 21 October 2022. Popcorn (1996) was adapted for the stage and went on a UK tour. It also toured Australia in a production starring Marcus Graham and Nadine Garner in its Eastern-States seasons. Popcorn won the TMA Barclays Theatre Award for new play and the Olivier Award for comedy. The Paris production of Popcorn ran for a year and was nominated for seven Molière awards. I’ve never given such a low rating to a Ben Elton book but I would’ve given up on it if it wasn’t written by him. I was hoping it was going somewhere, but unfortunately not really. The title is Identity Crisis, and if there's a crisis in the book, it's about public discourse and public debate, and the way we're beginning to misunderstand each other and [how those] misunderstandings are being amplified online. Sometimes [it's]deliberately, sometimes it's just a natural human instinct to enjoy outrage and enjoy a fight."

I’d hoped this book was going to be a wry, amusing look at the current state of Western society - specifically: vapid celebrity worship, outrage culture and social media witch-hunts, empty and divisive identity politics, and out-of-control political correctness - but unfortunately it’s not. Elton touches on all of those subjects but not in any way I’d say was fun, unique or insightful. The other terror is that of social media and reality TV. Ben has, again, made me think long and hard. Jones, Catherine (24 June 2007). "Macca school gong for star turns". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 2 November 2021. Any of us could be misunderstood or misquoted or simply lied about at any point. I can't do anything about that. All I can do is write with the great care and diligence that I always do about the things that are affecting us all. I wrote a book about the environmental crisis 30 years ago."

If it had been nothing but satire, I would have gotten tired of the nastiness of different interest groups being manipulated to bash each other. But there is also a murder mystery that drives the plot and that’s quite well done. In June 2023, Elton presented Ben Elton: The Great Railway Disaster, a Channel 4 documentary about rail privatisation. [24] As writer and producer [ edit ] Ben Elton: I was never able to say goodbye to Rik". The Big Issue. 2 July 2018 . Retrieved 14 November 2020.Victimhood is passive and helpless,’ Kate continued. ‘It denies the assaulted woman agency over her own self. We prefer “survivor”.’ That's why the plot all falls apart at the end; there's not a strong enough ideological framework behind it to carry it through to a powerful finish. The book's less terrible than it would be if Elton was a full-on reactionary, but it's probably more boring.