A Short Film . . .

Here’s a little gem I stumbled across a few minutes ago – and it fits in with my ongoing Mighty Boosh obsession, as it stars both Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. It’s called Sweet. Enjoy . . . especially the dance.

Mighty Boosh . . .

I finally get it, and am now totally obsessed.

So, for those who haven’t seen The Mighty Boosh, I really can’t describe it.  Seriously.  It’s impossible.  It’s far too bizarre to describe and, honestly, it’s not for everyone.  I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, even after having watched the entire first season.  But then I spent a bored Sunday sifting through youtube and stumbled across a documentary about how they met and started performing together, and it kind of all started to make sense.  Now I’m totally in love with all things Boosh . . . even Bollo (who’s a gorilla) who I wasn’t too sure of in the beginning.

As bizarre and colorful and fantastical as The Mighty Boosh is, it’s the back-and-forth between Howard Moon and Vince Noir (played by Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding) that is, in my opinion, the best part of the show.  Well, that and Vince’s fashion sense – not all men can pull off a silver sequin jumpsuit with knee-high white boots.  Or a seaweed wig and pink tutu.

Here are some clips:

And from their television show:

Brit Lit and Young Naveen Andrews

I was thinking earlier today about my college literature courses and how astonishing it was that none of my British Lit courses included any authors of Indian or Pakistani descent.  Given that I graduated from college in 2003, it’s quite pathetic.  No Salman Rushdie or Hanif Kureishi, even though they were both included in our required anthologies.  It’s changing there now as the faculty becomes younger and more diverse in both backgrounds and interests, but it’s a shame that it’s taken so long to get to that point even a little bit.

Anyway, because I was thinking of this, I was reminded of The Buddha of Suburbia, which was a book I read in 1999 after seeing the mini-series on BBC America.  The mini-series came out in 1993 and starred Roshan Seth, Brenda Blethyn, Naveen Andrews (he was 24 at the time), and Steven Mackintosh.

Here’s a clip of Hanif Kureishi talking about his book, the movie, and how it all relates to the modern world.  There are also clips from the movie in there.