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I want that Irish character to come back...Coogan clearly LOVED doing him, he absolutely went for it. Particularly funny to have such a horrendously unflattering Irish character, and script, on English television at this exact moment in time. "HA HAAA" "Oh did I do the Haitch agin?"
 
He has done his homework

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also Francie "Touchy" Feely-- genius
 
I want that Irish character to come back...Coogan clearly LOVED doing him, he absolutely went for it. Particularly funny to have such a horrendously unflattering Irish character, and script, on English television at this exact moment in time. "HA HAAA" "Oh did I do the Haitch agin?"

I think this whole business with the Martin Brennan character is really instructive about the context of comedy and who the target is. In the show the target was Partridge/The Beeb/what British people are comfortable with.

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is just English people going "the Irish talk funny."
 
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The dude is probably well intentioned but just didn't get it. More of a microaggression due to his failure to examine his privilege. y'know.
 

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