So I had a poke around to see what else he might have done to piss people off so much and I couldn't really. I'm a bit stumped, really. Maybe I missed something. Nonetheless, he's getting it in the neck once again now that he's split from Madonna. Does Swept Away really deserve all of this?
But Peter Kay doesn't get a hard time from the media, does he? Why would that be then? Here's a guy who has crassly pissed away the exceptional start his career was given via his participation in The Services, That Peter Kay Thing and Phoenix Nights by alienating the people who helped create those fantastic television programmes by demanding having his name plastered all over them. Upon reflection, Max & Paddy really wasn't at all good, was it? A couple of unbelievably irritating charity singles later and the repeating of the most unfunny parts of his initial decent stand-up show ad infinitum stacked upon this ridiculous single he's released have meant that you'd have thought he'd have recieved some semblance of backlash.
That's not the case though, for some reason. And he does deserve a backlash because although his behind-the-camera contributions to his best work may actually have been very little, he was superb in them. He's obviously a gifted comedy actor who unfortunately has got ideas WAY above his station far too early in his career and clearly got it into his head that he's some kind of national treasure already.
The irritation with Kay for me in particular is the fact that he did have such a great start to his TV career, but that's what it should have been - a start. As great as Phoenix Nights in particular was, it had a limited room for manoeuvre (I think it's best there never was a third series) and wasn't going to last long. Max & Paddy actually could have been great had it also had the same writing talent behind it but that didn't happen.
I know who I personally believes more criticism.
