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Playing on Channel 4 - while I missed watching Tom Allen live at the comedy festival (he sold out and I ended up having to watch David oDoherty) but I've always really enjoyed his stand up on most shows. He's been on a few panel shows, including something about movies which has been fantastic. to be honest, i really enjoyed Absolutely Live, it's done really well and all the sections flow together with only very few repeat stories, like material he's done on Mock the Week, but was still fresh enough that I managed to actually enjoy the whole comedy special - despite how short this special is -and because he managed to draw out and really contextualized more of his jokes, it was wonderful. also there were a few call backs I really enjoyed as well. in addition, most of his material has topics that do appeal more to me, so i may be biased in this case. tom allen's material is very focused on his over the top theatricality, emphasizing specific words, and drawing ou...

SUMMER '19 round up here we go, another long ass write up with a corresponding video which wont be updated until a bit later, and is currently, much longer than any normal video should be. it's a full length movie, except with just me tbh. beware, spoilers and shit but i try to label them so dont @ me. Finished Given - this is a fantastic show - literally with none of the hang ups that come with your typical BL/yaoi shows which are all predatory and awful and toxic - no, this is fantastic, mutual, consensual beautiful high school romances and i literally could not recommend this enough. gay panic? yes. beautiful boys i want to protect? yes. hilarious relatable relationships? yes. great music? yes. this isn't stupidly tragic like BL is, it's tumultuous, it's painful and it's real. mafuyu, gets pulled into a band because he wants to learn guitar after it's given to him after his (ex)'s boyfriend's death. eventually he meets uenoyama k...