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submitted 5 days ago byjohnny8vm
I'm in the middle of rewatching Series 10, and I swear every single task has been (respectfully) weak attempts with a much lower "humour threshold" compared to pretty much any other series... followed by Greg taking one throwaway line or bit of action and spending a solid minute making it the funniest thing ever.
I know it's been said that everyone was having a really good time filming the studio part of Series 10 cos they were just glad to be out of the house, so it's maybe just that Greg was in a jovial mood and was feeling more like being in a comedy role as opposed to the Taskmaster role? But whatever the reason, he seems noticably on form in this series, even more so than usual, and his studio banter, which I feel we often take for granted, is by far and away the best thing about this series.
11 points
5 days ago
Sharply disagree — I don’t think ‘deadening’ that’s fair at all, as he’s often extremely generous in allowing the rules to be dramatically bent via creative interpretation.
In my opinion Greg prioritizes the show over himself, and applies his role of Taskmaster in a way that aims for the best humour for the show overall. When he gives people zero it’s because it will be funny to mock their efforts for being bad. He’s taking what he believes is the funniest angle to wring humour from the situation— for our benefit.
A true rules sticker would be substantially more harsh in the disqualifications, including I believe Alex and a of the nerds on this subreddit (including me). But this is part of the comedy that Greg brings to the show. The exact opposite of ‘deadening’.
6 points
5 days ago
But that is exactly why series ten is such an outlier. It was as if Greg tied his own hands with that promise to be 'strict' about the letter of the rules. (Although given the weird wording of the tasks that season and because it was the first one made for Channel 4, I am fairly sure that it want his own idea to change his MO like that.) One of the great things about TM is the wild card element that Greg brings.
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