Black Comedy Primer: 1

I've always loved black comedies. The plays of Joe Orton and Peter Nichols, TV shows like the dark 'Brittas Empire' and the blacker-than-hell 'Nighty Night', and books like the ones above all work for me. There's a fine line to getting it exactly right – 'Lolita' treads it perfectly – but when it's good, it [...]