Brass Eye
(Region 2)
 (1997-2001)
review by Head Cheeze

Chris Morris is one of the funniest, wittiest, and most sublimely intelligent human beings on the planet. Whether posing as a drug addict searching for "Clarkey Cap" or conducting mock interviews with British celebs that leave them looking like complete imbeciles, the man is a virtual font of high brow/high concept humor and a linguistic acrobat.

Brass Eye, a controversial "news" show, is Morris' brainchild. Each episode focuses on a single topic, from a fictional drug called "Cake" to animal rights and paedophelia. Morris uses his Channel 4 status to lure celebrities into his fake interview program sets and ask them the "tough" questions about the issues, oftentimes getting these gullible folks to read phony public service announcements (the best of which involve Phil Collins wearing a "Nunce-Sense" t-shirt in an attempt to help raise awareness about rampant paedophelia in Britain!). Each of the six episodes presented here are nothing short of hysterical as Morris crosses the boundaries of good taste again and again with side-splittingly disturbing results.

Presented on region 2 DVD, this set compiles the 1997 series and the 2001 special Paedophiles which was the last nail in Morris' Channel 4 coffin. It's fucking brilliant but at the same time unsettling. Here's a sample bit of dialogue that narrates a man dressed as a Rabbi having sex with a naked woman dressed in childrens clothes.:

Announcer: This man is a paedophile having sex with a 10 year old girl. In this case, this is a reconstruction so she has been replaced by a 23 year old woman. Look at those supple breasts, that wanting mouth. This 10 year old is a whore!

Believe me, it's funnier than that, but that gives you a rough idea!

The DVD contains a pretty good amount of extra material, but all of it is VERY short or just plain ridiculous (the commentary on the Drugs episode is basically two ACTUAL bums off the street talking about nothing in particular), but at over 197 minutes and just under 18 quid you have no excuse NOT to own this insanely funny set!