Inside No. 9 series 4 episode 1 review: Zanzibar
Louisa Mellor Jan 2, 2018
This comedy farce written in verse shows that custom cannot stale Inside No. 9’s infinite variety. Spoilers…
This review contains spoilers.
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4.1 Zanzibar
In series one’s The Understudy, Inside No. 9 gave us an updated take on Macbeth. Here, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton put their own twist on Shakespearean comedy with an episode set entirely in a hotel corridor and written entirely in iambic pentameter, the clever sods. Regular brilliance clearly wasn’t presenting these two enough of a challenge.
It’s a challenge they pull off with relish. The writing’s smart and self-aware (“Like this iambic foot, I’m stressed, you’re not”) while the gags are a bawdy delight. Shakespeare never rhymed ‘bum’ with ‘Magnus Magnusson’, but you know he would have done,...
This comedy farce written in verse shows that custom cannot stale Inside No. 9’s infinite variety. Spoilers…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Vikings season 5 episode 6 review: The Messenger Vikings season 5 episode 5 review: The Prisoner Vikings season 5 episode 4 review: The Plan
4.1 Zanzibar
In series one’s The Understudy, Inside No. 9 gave us an updated take on Macbeth. Here, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton put their own twist on Shakespearean comedy with an episode set entirely in a hotel corridor and written entirely in iambic pentameter, the clever sods. Regular brilliance clearly wasn’t presenting these two enough of a challenge.
It’s a challenge they pull off with relish. The writing’s smart and self-aware (“Like this iambic foot, I’m stressed, you’re not”) while the gags are a bawdy delight. Shakespeare never rhymed ‘bum’ with ‘Magnus Magnusson’, but you know he would have done,...
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