So it's interesting to see Funny Cow taking us back to a time – the 1970s – when female comics would be booed off stage. Maxine Peake is Funny Cow, a Northern working-class woman whose life is ...
After a conversation on the set of ‘Red Riding’, Tony Pitts (Emmerdale, Peaky Blinders, Line of Duty) wrote ‘Funny Cow’ specifically for Maxine Peak, and it’s not difficult to see why. Peake drinks up ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. "This should be good for a laugh," I thought as I settled in to watch Funny Cow, the tale of a plucky lass from northern England (Maxine ...
The working men's clubs of the 1970s are a tough proving ground for the female comedian played by Maxine Peake in new film Funny Cow, she tells Janet Christie It’s 1980s Blackpool and a young Maxine ...
OVER the past couple of years, countless commentators have struggled to get to grips with the slippery notion of “Britishness”. I can’t get a handle on it either, but I think I know it when I see it.
Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Funny Cow is one of the best British features of the year so far: an abrasive, tender and continually surprising affair whose comic ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Like the first grey hair you see in the mirror, the mark of the film star is that once you set eyes on them, your ...
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