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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Confronting Comedy Critical Analysis
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Confronting Comedy Critical Analysis Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were two great comedians who started their careers in a satirical sketch show, 'Beyond the fringe', during the 60's. The audience expected great things from these two comedians in their own show, and they certainly delivered. I have recently watched three of their most memorable sketches, 'Bo Dudley', un-welcomed visitors and 'Art Gallery'. During 'Bo Dudley' Moore plays a black jazz musician. He is clearly white and has no real idea about the music he alleges he is an expert in. This sketch is a satire on the very 50/60's BBC Responses to their art forms explored in Art programmes. They are obviously two very different people and the comparison alone makes the sketch funny .During this Peter and Dudley's comedy relies as usual upon the partnership between Cook as the comic imagination and wit and Moore as the...
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