Tears of a Clown
Sep 25th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Personal ColumnsThe comic and the tragic are never far apart.
Perhaps it’s the genius of British comedy to be able to express the saddest moments and most profound emotions in a way that we can understand and share.
The closing moments of the final Blackadder, when Captain Blackadder and his men go “over the top” and fall one by one under a hail of fire as the war scene slowly fades to be replaced by a field of poppies is one of the most moving moments on television.
David Jason …