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The Uncynical Cannibal

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The Uncynical Cannibal

By: Dewi Llywelyn
Narrated by: Richard Glover, Simon Kane, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Bobby Mair, Sophie Henderson
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A gloriously mad desert island romp - complete with zombies, walrus pirates and a talking goldfish called Albie.

Like Robinson Crusoe on acid, it follows the adventures of Isaac, a shipwrecked sailor whose boat is sunk by a excess of radio sound effects and is then washed up in a tropical paradise where warring tribes compete to pay homage to a giant Sea beast called Gary.

A fast-paced gag fest which is a splendid mix of music hall and surreal nonsense, which is fresh, intriguing and laugh-out-loud funny.

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Sadly not a good effort here, it felt disjointed and unfinished. A series of sketch ideas strung together with little characterisation for the actors to get their teeth into and actually carry the story forward. No idea how this might become a series. It shot its small bolt of misaimed jokes.

Not really funny, dialled in performances

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What did you like best about The Uncynical Cannibal? What did you like least?

At its best it felt like it was reaching for a cross between The Goon Show and Bleak Expectations. Unfortunately it doesn't feel like it hangs together very well, and the whole self-cannibalising tribes (I think that was the idea...?) thing just wasn't as funny as it thought it was, and not worth building as much of the script around as it did.

Any additional comments?

I think the main thing holding this back is simply that the writer isn't very experienced. However, I think there is the germ of something quite funny (in a over-the-top daft kind of way) here, and it might be worth revisiting once the writer has a bit more experience behind them.

Shows potential, but it's not quite there yet

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Basically just not my thing. I couldn't really listen to this for more than five minutes. I new I wouldn't really like this, but I was curious about the alleged sound effects, maybe that came later I'm not sure. I just didn't get on with the storyline at all, and personally I didn't think the acting was very good. Sorry audible, not for me.

Just not for me

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This did not hold my attention AT ALL.
I gave up about 15 mins in... "fast-paced gag-fest" it is NOT!

Trying to be HHGTTG... I think... Not even close

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If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

Adolescents

Would you ever listen to anything by Dewi Llywelyn again?

it could not be worse

Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favourite?

I had no interest in the fortunes of any of them

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No

Any additional comments?

The trouble with fantasy is that any plot twist or character development is possible but it should never be as random as this

Cynical deployment of tasteless tricks

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