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by trelltron 3602 days ago
I've seen a number of British comedians make similar statements.

American audiences want their comic lead to be the cool guy making witty remarks, British audiences want the lead to be the butt of the jokes.

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Stephen Fry said

>You know that scene in Animal House where there’s a fellow playing folk music on the guitar, and John Belushi picks up the guitar and destroys it. And the cinema loves it. [Belushi] just smashes it and then waggles his eyebrows at the camera. Everyone thinks, "God, is he great!" Well, the British comedian would want to play the folk singer. We want to play the failure.