Lucky Jim

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Lucky Jim 2017-07-01 05:35:06 Post No.
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Lucky Jim Anonymous 2017-07-01 05:35:06 Post No. [Report]

I don't get it, /lit/.

I'm coming up on half way through and this supposed comedy classic has barely made me smile. I'm a Britbong, so it's not a cultural difference, and I'm familiar with the academic setting it's satirising. But I just don't find it at all funny.

Anyone else read it and can enlighten me? The humour seems quite subtle, so maybe I'm too plebeian, or maybe it's just dated- I guess humour is one of the fastest-changing things in our culture. Thoughts?

Anonymous 2017-07-01 05:52:14 Post No.9703283
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>>9703214

It's probably just too subtle for you. You should check out his son, he's probably more up your alley.

Anonymous 2017-07-01 05:55:10 Post No.9703298
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>>9703214
I feel the same way. I bought while I was on a comedy kick, but it's about a guy getting drunk and abusing his wife and trying to kill his kid. I can find humor in a lot of things, but Lucky Jim was a real disappointment.

Anonymous 2017-07-01 05:57:05 Post No.9703306
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>>9703283
I was going to add actually that I do like his son. Very punchable face but style to burn (and funny when he goes for humour)- London Fields is brilliant.

In comparison, aside from not finding Lucky Jim funny, I don't get much else from it- some nice turns of phrase, but the prose overall seems unremarkable.

Anonymous 2017-07-01 05:57:28 Post No.9703309
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>>9703298
>abusing his wife

Anonymous 2017-07-01 07:35:59 Post No.9703697
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>>9703298
What now? I haven't got to that, assuming you're not rusing. Wouldn't mind things taking some darker turns, since the comedy isn't doing it for me.

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