‘Little Britain’ is being reassessed as “cringe” online: “It made me so uncomfortable”

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Little Britain online have deemed the sketch show, starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, to be “cringey”.A discussion around the show kicked off after Reddit user ARedemptionSong asked people to assess its controversial sketches through a modern lens, particuarly in the age of cancel culture.“Most of the sketches I think were fairly hit and miss, but Lou and Andy was absolutely profound,” they began.“People think it is just about a chancer pretending to be disabled, when it is much more about the often dysfunctional dynamic between carer and those they are caring for.

Lou is every bit as dependent on Andy as vice-versa. He uses Andy as an excuse for his own unacceptable behaviour (stealing flowers from a memorial) and as a form of crutch.“As they say it is often the carer that dies first before the person they are caring for.”Reddit users soon replied with their thoughts, and few had anything positive to say about the show.One wrote: “It’s awful when it’s punching down, with the Vicky Pollard character being the worst in my book.”Another user agreed, writing: “Same here, I found it unbelievably cringy at the time.

It made me so uncomfortable and I thought something was wrong with me because it felt like everyone watched it and found it hilarious.”One perplexed indivudal wrote: “I could not understand how it got commissioned, filmed, aired, watched and praised,” while another added: “I was a teenager when it was out, or very young twenties and I’ve always been pretty immature, so I found it quite funny at the time.

Nowadays, well let’s just say I don’t think it’s aged very well.”Another user argued that the sketch show opted for “cheap” laughs and was fundamentally cruel.“Same.