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FOR ME THE LEAGUE OF GENTLE MEN IS THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT I SEE MY PENNY DREADFUL BEING SET. THERE IS SOMETHING SO SINISTER AND MACABRE ABOUT IT AND EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER IS COMPLETELY EXTREME BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN SEE THEM IN EVERY VILLAGE IN ENGLAND. THIS TIES IN WITH THE WHITTLESEA STRAW BEAR - WHERE BECAUSE IT IS ROOTED DEEPLY IN ENGLISH FOLKLORE IT IS SOMEHOW OVER LOOKED AS TO HOW SCARY IT IS.I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REALLY INTERESTING IDEA TO APPLY TO THE SETTING OF LONDON - WHERE FOLKLORE IN A COUNTRY VILLAGE WAY IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THERE. BUT THIS JUXTAPOSITION OF THE GRIMY CITY AND THE SURREAL FOLKLORE MIGHT WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER.



THIS CLIP IS ABOUT HOW THE WRITERS OF THE L.OF.G FORMED THE CHARACTER OF PAPA LAZAROUS FROM A LANDLORD THEY HAD. IT IS INTERSTING TO SEE HOW EVEN THE MOST DEPRAVED AND SCARY CHARACTER IN THE PROGRAMME HAS ITS FOUNDATIONS IN A REAL PERSON...



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