Bonello

Justin Bonello goes on yet another adventure across the length and breadth of southern Africa, sharing the ins and outs of road-tripper life. Join him and his friends on a culinary journey into landscapes where there are no fences and no rules. This is a road trip filled with endless car rides, endless playlists, dodgy small town bars and gastronomic treasures hidden in-between.

This book examines the interconnections between punk and alternative comedy (altcom). It explores how punk’s tendency towards humour and parody influenced the trajectory taken by altcom in the UK, and the punk strategies introduced when altcom sought self-definition against dominant established trends. The Punk Turn in Comedy considers the early promise of punk-comedy convergence in Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s ‘Derek and Clive’, and discusses punk and altcom’s attitudes towards dominant traditions. The chapters demonstrate how punk and altcom sought a direct approach for critique, one that rejected innuendo, while embracing the ‘amateur’ in style and experimenting with audience-performer interaction. Giappone argues that altcom tended to be more consistently politicised than punk, with a renewed emphasis on responsibility. The book is a timely exploration of the ‘punk turn’ in comedy history, and will speak to scholars of both comedy and punk studies.

Paul (Laurent Lucas) is understandably occupied with caring for his sickly son – and keeping his undocumented father away from immigration authorities. But along the way, he has sidelined his relationship with Marguerite (Romane Bohringer). Five years into their marriage, she starts to tire of their life together in Montreal. Frustrated, Marguerite finds herself looking elsewhere for love. When she starts romancing the local priest, Paul is finally forced to take notice.