%$@&*!!! Written on July 2, 2010, by Zack.
My wife and I have recently become obsessed with the British television comedy The Thick of It, after having seen the movie adaptation of the series, In The Loop. It’s superbly written, and all the actors in the series and the film do an amazing job as ineffectual, self-important bureaucrats vying for power in a fictional department in the UK government. But the show would be nothing without Peter Capaldi’s portrayal of Malcolm Tucker, Director of Communications for the Prime Minister.
Malcolm Tucker is the most wrathful, vulgar, cruel, and just friggin’ hilarious character that’s graced the idiot box in a long time. Watching him bend the other characters to the PM’s will and spin their public foibles into something manageable is like watching an obscene Baryshnikov perform political ballet in a blinding haze of spite and vitriol.
It’s fantastic, so I went ahead and drew him. For my wife. As an anniversary gift.
If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend picking up In The Loop. Or, you can start on YouTube with this montage of Malcolm’s best bits. I warn you, though: I am not kidding about the vulgarity, this is massively NSFW stuff.
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*Swoon*
I love the colors here…
I just wanted to tell you the other night we had people over to dinner and my son proudly walked them over to show them his portrait. This is what he said.
MY SON: This is a portrait of me riding a peregrine falcon that an artist made for Daddy. He put the picture up on his website.
FRIENDS: Really? What is the artist’s name?
MY SON (without hesitation): John James Audubon
Just tickled me….
Amber – Get ahold of yourself, jeez.
VKBMKL – HA! That’s the best inadvertent compliment I’ve ever got! I’m glad to hear he likes the painting enough to show it off – I was a bit nervous the whole time I was painting it that he’d end up hating it. Kids are harsh critics sometimes!