January 14th, 2010 / 4:14 pm
 Contests

Milch vs. Iannucci in a big Thursday Fuck-Off!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Q7YRDL90E

or

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0Ofr6VYMI

Who wins?

Me, I might go with Armando Iannucci. His profanity is deep and as inventive as I think it is possible to be with profanity. Milch manages to pull an epic, enormous tone from his language, and I really love his programs*, but Iannucci’s word work is something else. The Thick of It is not surrealism in any way, but Malcolm Tucker bends the world around him in completely unnatural ways every time he opens his mouth. He’s straight, direct, and truthful in a world populated entirely by liars. He’s a Kafka character with the upper hand.

Bonus:

Can somebody please ask David Milch or Armando Iannucci to start writing for this guy:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtSrfGvm7TU

* Recently I watched that huge, ambitious mess of a show John from Cincinnati. If you want to see a brightly burning near miss, check it out.

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26 Comments

  1. January 14th, 2010 / 8:43 pm Vaughan Simons—

      Malcolm Tucker is my fucking hero.

  2. January 14th, 2010 / 4:43 pm Vaughan Simons—

      Malcolm Tucker is my fucking hero.

  3. January 14th, 2010 / 9:01 pm sasha fletcher—

      i love john from cincinnati.

  4. January 14th, 2010 / 5:01 pm sasha fletcher—

      i love john from cincinnati.

  5. January 14th, 2010 / 9:07 pm .—

      The Thick of It is the best. Watch it on Youtube. Youtube is the best.

  6. January 14th, 2010 / 5:07 pm .—

      The Thick of It is the best. Watch it on Youtube. Youtube is the best.

  7. January 14th, 2010 / 9:42 pm Matthew Simmons—

      I do, too. I mean, I called it a mess, and I think it’s a mess. But it’s a really beautiful mess.

  8. January 14th, 2010 / 5:42 pm Matthew Simmons—

      I do, too. I mean, I called it a mess, and I think it’s a mess. But it’s a really beautiful mess.

  9. January 14th, 2010 / 10:12 pm Ken Baumann—

      Oh jesus. Have you seen In The Loop? It’s great.

  10. January 14th, 2010 / 6:12 pm Ken Baumann—

      Oh jesus. Have you seen In The Loop? It’s great.

  11. January 14th, 2010 / 10:13 pm Ken Baumann—

      Also: Deadwood reigns.

  12. January 14th, 2010 / 6:13 pm Ken Baumann—

      Also: Deadwood reigns.

  13. January 14th, 2010 / 10:28 pm sasha fletcher—

      supreme.

      rewatching with the girlfriend. probably fourth time seeing the second season. sixth time with the first. every goddam time it gets me in all the ways i need to be got.

  14. January 14th, 2010 / 6:28 pm sasha fletcher—

      supreme.

      rewatching with the girlfriend. probably fourth time seeing the second season. sixth time with the first. every goddam time it gets me in all the ways i need to be got.

  15. January 14th, 2010 / 11:04 pm alec niedenthal—

      In the Loop is so fucking good!

      “Fuckitty bye.”

  16. January 14th, 2010 / 7:04 pm alec niedenthal—

      In the Loop is so fucking good!

      “Fuckitty bye.”

  17. January 14th, 2010 / 11:07 pm Ken Baumann—

      And the bleeding gums, and that lamp… so much good.

  18. January 14th, 2010 / 7:07 pm Ken Baumann—

      And the bleeding gums, and that lamp… so much good.

  19. January 14th, 2010 / 11:17 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Point of clarification: fuckitty bye or fuckety bye?

  20. January 14th, 2010 / 11:17 pm Matthew Simmons—

      “Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off.”

  21. January 14th, 2010 / 7:17 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Point of clarification: fuckitty bye or fuckety bye?

  22. January 14th, 2010 / 7:17 pm Matthew Simmons—

      “Come the fuck in or fuck the fuck off.”

  23. January 14th, 2010 / 11:23 pm alec niedenthal—

      Google says it could go either way.

  24. January 14th, 2010 / 7:23 pm alec niedenthal—

      Google says it could go either way.

  25. January 14th, 2010 / 11:27 pm Blake Butler—

      u’d put a kitty in yr fuck?

  26. January 14th, 2010 / 7:27 pm Blake Butler—

      u’d put a kitty in yr fuck?