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I think the Dutch certainly get British comedy. And let's face it; a lot of it is pretty low-hanging fruit for the whole world now. There are probably tribes in the heart of the Papua New Guinean rainforest that know all the words to the Dead Parrot sketch.

— Rhianna Pratchett

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

— Bjork

The British are so funny.

— Rose Byrne

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

— Beck

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

— Jason Gann

There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain.

— John Oliver

It always interested me that 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars,' when shown around the world, were referred to as British comedy. It was only here that they were referred to as Asian comedy, even though I always felt it was very British in its humour and structure.

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain.

— Helen Mirren

I started rereading 'The Dutchman' - I kind of just pulled it off the shelf.

— Rashid Johnson

Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.

— Barry Humphries

Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.

— Stephen Merchant

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