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Kaamelott: a crazy and jovial Middle Ages

2021-07-20T14:28:38.252Z


CRITICAL - Director Alexandre Astier goes from the small to the big screen without giving up his schoolboy humor.


Since 2005 and the broadcast on M6 of the first episode of

Kaamelott

, a series in the format of burlesque pastilles of three to four minutes (following

Camera Café

), Alexandre Astier is expected around the woods by fans.

The funny Knights of the Round Table of this director, who populate his crazy and quirky universe, immediately had the potential for a long-format development.

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Today, already full of 458 episodes, this Arthurian gesture repainted in the colors of

Rubrique-à-brac

or

Dingodossiers

de Gotlib now has

enough

to go beyond its character as a televisual phenomenon to become a social phenomenon.

Car

Kaamelott.

The first part

continues to use the unbridled comedy of the

Pilot

years

and references to global pop culture.

From the lightsaber of

Star Wars

to the Picaros of Tintin, passing by the Romans of Asterix or the

Excalibur

of John Boorman.

Pastiche of clichés

Refusing to play in the yard of summer franchouillarde comedies, this pastiche of clichés from the Middle Ages traces its

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Source: lefigaro

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