Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass

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Bottom Live 2: The Big Number Two is a 1995 live stage show based on the UK TV series Bottom that was filmed at the Apollo Theatre Oxford. [1] [2] Plot [ edit ] Act one [ edit ] Richie: Wait, there's something written on the side. [reads] "Le Danger"..."Le Nuclear Bombe". Shit, it's all in French. The solutions to these problems may be obvious to some, but how bad it has to be before someone actually does something is anyone's guesss. It's worth noting that this book was published in 2001, and most essays were written in the 1990s -- as is evident in the sections that cover spousal/domestic abuse. In the pre-O.J. Simpson era, authorities in some places and times were much more lax in prosecuting domestic battery. In the U.S., the laws changed so that victims will have charges pressed on their behalf by the police -- and I hope it is that way in the U.K. at this point too. The depraved world of Richie and Eddie continues in this live show. It was recorded on 18 June 1993 at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. and was the penultimate performance of the UK tour. The show allowed actors Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson to shake off the bounds of BBC censorship and take the action to the next level. The tour took place after the conclusion of the second series of the TV show, and its subsequent popularity led the pair to write and film a third series before moving on to a second live tour. a b Hemingway, Alex (8 November 2001). "An Arse Oddity". Oxford Student . Retrieved 26 September 2022.

Klemes, Vit (2004). An Imperfect Fit: Advanced Democracy and Human Nature. Trafford Publishing. p.290. ISBN 9781412219549 . Retrieved 6 September 2010. Richie and Eddie have the best seats for the annual Hammersmith riots, then try to make videos for the BBC. And where does the underclass get these habits of thought? Why, from their rulers, naturally, who have been feeding Leftist claptrap to them through news and entertainment, and through the minions of government, for decades. Most of these habits are the liquid in the poisoned chalice of the modern Left, the nasty fruit of the Frankfurt School. Whether it is their teachers, the hundreds of thousands of social workers who live equally parasitically off government handouts, television, newspapers, or slippery politicians like Tony Blair, none of these habits of thought are called out as bad and requiring immediate correction by harsh means. The other classes don’t pay the penalty for these ideologically driven ideas, but they do get to feel smugly superior and righteous, though they keep well away from where the underclass lives. To be sure, there’s just as much, if not more, rot throughout the rest of British society, also requiring immediate correction through harsh measures. It’s just a different type of rot. But when an entire society requires a hugely unpleasant reset, it’s no surprise that Lotos-eating gets the nod as a preferred alternative.

Richie [after hurting his hand hitting Eddie's testicles]: You bastard! That's my wanking hand! Eddie: Uh-uh; wanking finger. Richie: Uh, uh uh; wanking fingernail. Richie and Eddie are trapped at the top of the tallest Ferris wheel in Western Europe which is due to be blown up the very next day. Which is something that makes my flesh crawl - I hate all the jeremiads which pour forth about modern life from every source these days, and all these complainers think we'll wag our bonces and ruefully say "ah how true", oh how they denigrate and carp, the economy, the ecology, the music the kids listen to, the reality shows, the celeb culture, the poxy politicians, the schools, the police, everything according to all these foisters of their own neurotic unhappiness has been on a one way downhill roll into shitness since 1956 when yes of course all was sweetness and pop songs had tunes and we were good, ah, remember when we thought we were good, and there was none of this political correctness and there were hardly any immigrants – oops, what a giveaway! Did I say that? No, you moaning modern-life-is-rubbish demiwolves, you didn't say it but you meant it.

This is also the only Bottom stage show to have a scene change during an act, with Richie and Eddie escaping prison and returning to their flat during Act Two. Future stage shows would only have this happen in between acts. Richie: So let me get this right, so we aren't in some dark, godless void on the outer edges of human misery? Eddie: No no, we're in Nottingham. Richie: It's the same thing! Skipper, Ben (23 August 2012). "Bottom to return after 18 years". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014 . Retrieved 19 June 2014.

The first tour took place between the second and third TV series and revolves around Richie's relationship with a blow-up doll and Eddie scheming to get his hands on some money that Richie has inherited from his uncle. Set in their Hammersmith flat, the live version was very much an extension of the telly show, albeit even ruder and cruder now that they didn't have to placate the BBC censors. The massive success of the tour proved there was an appetite for more Bottom on and off TV. Bottom Live: The Big Number Two Tour (1995) During a fight scene, Ade accidentally hits Rik on the nose for real, and immediately breaks character to apologise to him. British Sitcom Guide - Bottom". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014 . Retrieved 23 December 2008. They are sharing war stories.] Richie: You'll have to excuse Eddie, his mind's sort of blanked it out. War Veteran: What, 'cos it's so horrible? Richie: No, he's just got that sort of mind.