| rdfs:comment | - NOTES Liberal press criticism. Actors act, when not adopting babies. Rush 'bigly, hugely' apologized, explained, "MJF allows his illness to be exploited to shill for librals." MJF victim of Democratic Party and the stem-cell-ocracy. Cindy Sheehan, 9/11 widows, disabled veterans. Not Terry Schiavo. This article is a stub. You can get a Tip of the Hat* from Stephen by adding only truthiness to it.*Tip of the Hat not guaranteed.
- Imagine the ultimate Crapsack World. No one has a job, kids have lost their parents, or the parents simply just don't care. The police are corrupt and incompetent, crime is rife, people barely have enough money for food and each day is a struggle. Sounds grim? Well, in 2004, write Paul Abbott and others at Channel Four planned to create a very dark show about life in one of the 'sink estates' in Manchester. However ... At some point in the gestation process, the team realised that what they had been planning could ALSO work as a comedy. And the rest ... is history. The big break of James McAvoy
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| abstract | - Imagine the ultimate Crapsack World. No one has a job, kids have lost their parents, or the parents simply just don't care. The police are corrupt and incompetent, crime is rife, people barely have enough money for food and each day is a struggle. Sounds grim? Well, in 2004, write Paul Abbott and others at Channel Four planned to create a very dark show about life in one of the 'sink estates' in Manchester. However ... At some point in the gestation process, the team realised that what they had been planning could ALSO work as a comedy. And the rest ... is history. Shameless tells the story of a family of brothers and sisters, abandoned by their mother, having not only to bring themselves up, but also effectively keep tabs on their alcoholic, drug-addled father Frank. It introduces the viewer to a whole world of people living in a place many people would think was incompatible with any type of humour other than Gallows Humour. And yet it remains one of the funniest things on British television in the last thirty years. This is due to a combination of scripts, acting and direction that has you laughing with these people, rather than pitying them or laughing at them. Early seasons focus more closely on the Gallagher clan; later on, existing characters role have expanded, such as the notorious Maguire family, the local shopowning Karib family, and seamstress turned pimp Lillian Tyler, and new ones added. Over time, many characters have come and gone, with oldest child Fiona leaving to be with boyfriend Steve, Frank's second wife Sheila going off to work on a cruise liner and the kids mother Monica returning for two years before leaving again. And then coming back. And then leaving again. Currently airing its ninth series, Shameless is a British TV series produced for Channel 4. It has recently been given a Foreign Remake by the American cable network Showtime, starring William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum, which premiered in January 2011. The big break of James McAvoy
- NOTES Liberal press criticism. Actors act, when not adopting babies. Rush 'bigly, hugely' apologized, explained, "MJF allows his illness to be exploited to shill for librals." MJF victim of Democratic Party and the stem-cell-ocracy. Cindy Sheehan, 9/11 widows, disabled veterans. Not Terry Schiavo. This article is a stub. You can get a Tip of the Hat* from Stephen by adding only truthiness to it.*Tip of the Hat not guaranteed.
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