The jokes are directed towards the social taboos in a very intelligent way. Take the treatment of prejudices, for example. It is not the discriminated people, but rather the prejudiced themselves, that suffer. When an old lady (played magnificently by David Walliams) eats a piece of biscuit and discovers that it has been made by an object of her prejudice, it is she that gets sick and eventually throws up (in a gigantic whale-like way, indeed!), while people around her keep calm and cool. This format, I think, is an intelligent comment on the still remnant prejudices in societies around the world, in the United Kingdom or otherwise.
During my stay in the U.K, I used to watch the "Shooting Stars" progam. I did not realize until recently that George Dawes, the "giant baby" character in the show was actually played Matt Lucas, until I looked up "Little Britain" in wikipedia some time ago.
I have the greatest respects to Matt and David for their excellent scripts and unbelievable acting.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/
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I always think that Little Britain is the best example to explain the crucial immaturity of Japanese media.
And I do wish Japanese papers will have any of the view and wit of English papers, even The Sun, who has a great future aspect clevery hidden between the lines.
BBC's car entertainment program 'Top Gear' also has beautiful sense of humor.
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