Clunes plays it for laughs
MARTIN Clunes has said comedy is simply meant to be “just funny” and not to adhere to fashion or a political context.
The actor, who achieved widespread fame with Men Behaving Badly in the 1990s, has denied the show was a vehicle for “laddism” and said that comedy is for its own sake. Clunes has said that sitcoms are dead, but that if the programme were to be remade in the 21st century it would be “People Of No Particular Gender Behaving Badly”.
The actor is set to star in upcoming comedy Warren, about a driving instructor.
Clunes said: “Comedy is just funny. It isn’t a cure for anything. It’s not funny because it’s time to be funny. It’s always time to be funny.”