Goodbyeee review
Blackadder is one of the most successful comedies to come from Britain and stars Rowan Atkinson (also renowned for Mr Bean). Blackadder’s sense of humour mainly focuses on sarcasm and silly situations. The battlefields of World War 1 would hardly seem the ideal place to locate a comedy. But obviously this is the ideal location for the cynical wit of Edmund Blackadder.
Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) joined the army before any wars were fought in his time, never dreaming that he would go to war. Now, he's stuck in the trenches with the intellectual Baldrick (Tony Robinson) and Lieutenant George (Hugh Laurie), who wants nothing more to jumps over the top and get shot to death by machine-gun fire. Baldrick is known to make amazing substitutions for food items that are no longer available in the trenches, such as using dirt to make coffee, and saliva for a milk substitute. He may sound disgusting, but he is hilarious and lovable too. Blackadder is not very keen on going over the top and dying, and so he spends most of his time attempting to avoid going out into the field against the Germans. Thwarting Blackadder’s goal are the loud, dimwitted General Melchett (Steven Fry) and his “office boy”, Captain Darling (Tim McInnerny), who is determined to stop him from escaping. Steven Fry perfectly portrays the upper class arrogant military leader, showing the audience the height of stupidity at the time of the war.
