Everyone’s entitled to their opinions, but that doesn’t make them correct ;)
What about it don’t you like, specifically? And what comedy do you prefer?
What about it don’t you like, specifically? And what comedy do you prefer?
It’s also clever - the lack of language makes it universal. Most of the people I’ve met who profess their love for the character are not native English speakers.
There’s a culture-spanning appeal there, and fame, that Eddie Murphy (with all his undeniable standup skill and wit) will never, ever achieve.
To say crafting that lacks talent does Rowan Atkinson a big disservice.
You do realise that the comedy scene in Britain is hugely varied? So you don’t like Mr Bean. That’s fine. But there’s plenty of comics at the other extreme end of the spectrum here too. And a plethora of stuff in between too.
There are amazing America and British stand up comics, I'm a bit out of the game recently, but oldish (80s and 90s) stuff from both sides of the pound were amazing (I loved Bill Cosby and Woody Allen stand up records for example but never had a chance to see them on tv as there were no recordings (one of Cosby I watched actually, and think audio only was better)
To be honest I think it’s silly to get all nationalist about something as subjective as comedy, and trying to compare one to another and deciding who is better accomplishes absolutely nothing