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	Chris Morris (satirist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chris Morris (born June 15, 1962, Bristol, England) is an English comedy writer, satirist and radio DJ.
		Morris is a cast member in The IT Crowd, a Channel 4 sitcom focusing on the office and home lives of two "geeks" who work in the information technology department of the fictional company Reynholm Industries.
		Morris is currently recording "Gee", an album of Kenny G cover songs, played on his bass guitar, which is planned for release in Spring 2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist) (1434 words)

	chris morris - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Chris Morris (born September 5, 1965) is a British comedy writer, satirist and radio DJ.
		Many complainants, some of whom later admitted to not having seen the programme (notably Estelle Morris, government minister), felt the satire was directed at the victims of paedophilia, which Morris denies.
		Morris is widely regarded as someone reluctant to discuss his work, although he has given interviews, albeit rarely.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/chris-morris (732 words)

	NME.COM - News - MORRIS' MAJOR RETURN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		CHRIS MORRIS, the satirist behind the controversial 'BRASS EYE' series, will return to CHANNEL 4 next year with his first programme since 2001.
		Morris, whose 'Brass Eye' paedophilia special became the most complained about television programme in TV history when it aired in July 2001, told the Guardian he has decided to scrap 'Brass Eye'.
		Morris also said it was unlikely he would make a programme about the war in Iraq.
	www.nme.com /news/chris-morris/14071 (289 words)

	Brass Eye
		Brass Eye is a UK television series of satirical spoof documentaries that aired on Channel 4 in 1997 and were re-run in 2001.
		The series was created by satirist Chris Morris, and written by, amongst others, Morris, David Quantick[?], Peter Baynham[?], Arthur Matthews[?] and Graham Linehan[?].
		Over 1500 complaints were received regarding the show, and several politicians spoke out against Morris, although David Blunkett, Tessa Jowell[?] and Beverley Hughes[?] all later admitted that they had not seen it.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/br/Brass_Eye.html (315 words)

	Owl-Stretching Time: Quadrospazzed on a life-glug (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Chris Morris knows that we don't need to be told to empathize with the man in order to do so; there are no violin swells as the camera noses in to the tears on his face.
		Chris Morris shows the consequences of people's actions -- paradoxically, by being superficially more cruel to his characters, he's much less cruel by granting his characters their humanity -- the goal of any good creator.
		Chris Morris reminds people that their actions do have repercussions -- the psyche isn't just a waterproofed tarp ready to bear the elements with no wear.
	owlstretching.blogspot.com /2005/05/quadrospazzed-on-life-glug.html (1860 words)

	Brasseye Special
		It was originally my intention to just write a positively glowing review of what has been one of the highlights of this year’s tv viewing, but, alas, once again Chris Morris’ Brasseye is on the receiving end of a moral backlash, and the matter clearly needed to be looked at in further detail.
		Morris has spent the last six or so years disturbing the establishment, and never without criticism, but surely by now intelligent critics should realise that his work is never churned out simply for shock value.
		What Mr Morris did, skilfully and amusingly, was expose the thin content offered in documentaries that puff themselves up with moral indignation at some horrible aspect of life - murder, drug abuse, pornography - and, under the guise of investigative journalism, cater to the lower instincts of the viewing public.”
	www.garbledonline.net /brasseyespecial.html (1026 words)


		With opinions polarised between the mindless praise of fawning critics and splenetic editorials in the News Of The World and the Mail, it is difficult to analyse Morris's Brass Eye Special on paedophilia and judge it as a piece of comedy.
		In defending Morris from the forces of reaction, we must not be fooled into praising him for making sub-standard comedy.
		But Morris is now almost beyond criticism: he is surrounded by obsequiousness at every stage of his work - from a cast and writers who indulge his every whim to a fawning coterie of critics who praise his every move.
	chilled.cream.org /timeout030801.html (430 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| Interviews \| Chris Morris: the movie
		Buttressed by a £100,000 budget, Morris ploughed the cash into a burst of startling digital trickery, cast Last Resort actor Paddy Considine in the lead role and turned his own inimitable public-school bark to the role of the talking dog.
		Morris, he says, was a brilliant, hands-on director, the equal of anyone he has worked with.
		Ultimately, Chris Morris is at his most powerful when he's invisible, organising some ambush from wild left field as opposed to freely talking up his latest movie venture.
	film.guardian.co.uk /interview/interviewpages/0,6737,899690,00.html (1872 words)

	Click opera - Scratch a satirist, find a moralist
		Morris' new series Nathan Barley premiered on UK's Channel 4 last night and most press reports have stressed that the satirist's claws have been retracted somewhat this time around.
		Some thought Morris was on thin ice, using the serious subject of pedophilia as content for his comedy, just as Vice are using Iraqi corpses to fill the pages of a style magazine, or Benetton notoriously used a bloody newborn baby and a dead AIDS victim in posters to sell their sweaters.
		Morris and Brooker are satirizing Vice and not versa.
	imomus.livejournal.com /84311.html (1960 words)

	Chris Morris: Media Terrorist
		Brass Eye's creator and leading light, Chris Morris, 34, was first in trouble in 1994 when he said live on Radio 1 that Michael Heseltine was dead.
		Chris Morris - accused of pushing comedy too far in his spoof current affairs show Brass Eye - tried to enlist the help of President Nelson Mandela, rock star Paul Simon and Colonel Oliver North to get the series on air after it was banned, it emerged yesterday.
		Morris, 34, is at the centre of controversy after being lambasted by his celebrity guests for fooling them into criticising non-existent events and substances - such as the fictitious drug "cake".
	website.lineone.net /~giles.booth/garlic (1065 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| Abuzz in Battersea
		Tom Morris, 38, is blessed with a splendidly booming voice and a manner that manages to be authoritative and affable.
		Tom Morris went on to Cambridge, where he read English and involved himself in the theatre scene, "acting, writing and directing, none of which I was any good at".
		Morris enjoys directing himself, and may well take a more hands-on approach this summer to a project with links to the obsession of his brother Chris – an operatic version of Newsnight, in which young composers will be invited to set to music some great episode of current affairs as reported on television.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/05/03/btbac02.xml (1097 words)

	Chris Morris Brass Eye Pedophilia Special
		British satirist Chris Morris has produced a hoax TV special about paedophilia, for which he invented two fake charity campaigns and invited celebrities to promote them on camera.
		For the program, Morris concocted phony paedophilia scares and conned several celebrities and politicians into appearing onscreen to make patently ridiculous claims, such as "We have footage, too alarming to show you, of a little boy being interfered with by a penis-shaped soundwave generated by an online paedophile." The Guardian describes highlights from the show.
		Morris caused similar outrage four years ago with a phony anti-drug documentary, for which he convinced unwitting celebrities and politicans to speak out against a made-up drug called "cake" (one participant declared on camera that "cake" affects an area of the brain known as "Shatner's bassoon").
	www.dazereader.com /brasseye.htm (645 words)

	{ { { { - - Sky Noise — >>> » Document » Chris Morris: Hare Krishna Breakdancer
		A regular in the Bristol battle scene, Chris Morris never rose high in the ranks, but was noted for his abilities at the ‘freeze’, the ‘turtle’ and the ‘buttspin’ dance maneouvres.
		Some break-theorists believe this was during a phase of high intensity breakdancing experimentation by Chris, a phase which lasted for nearly 6 months and saw him repeatedly fail to nail more advanced moves like the ‘helicopter’ or the ‘headspin’, for which he often slicked his hair.
		One Response to “Chris Morris: Hare Krishna Breakdancer”
	www.skynoise.net /2005/11/03/chris-morris-hare-krishna-breakdancer (880 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| TV satirist Chris Morris returns
		Chris Morris, creator of the controversial Brass Eye programmes, is to return to Channel 4 in a new series.
		However Mr Brooker, who also worked with Morris on Brass Eye, told the Guardian that the new series was likely to move away from the spoof news and current affairs format.
		Chris Morris appeared on BBC Radio 4 series On The Hour and BBC Two's The Day Today before writing Channel 4's Brass Eye and late night Radio One series Blue Jam.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3629357.stm (226 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| Satirist Morris eyes TV return
		Chris Morris - creator of the controversial Brass Eye programmes - is to return to Channel 4 in a new and different series.
		The exact nature of the programme could not be confirmed by a Channel 4 spokeswoman on Monday but she said it would probably be broadcast in 2004.
		The new series will be Morris' first TV appearance since the furore over 2001's Brass Eye programme, which he wrote and presented.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2946465.stm (269 words)

	Articles \| MovieMail UK - World Cinema Specialists
		Chris Morris is the reclusive maestro behind much of modern television's best satire.
		Morris courts controversy for his tackling of issues like drugs, paedophilia and crime, satirising the tabloid take on these issues.
		Morris takes these issues and highlights the inane aspects of their coverage in the media.
	www.moviemail-online.co.uk /scripts/media_view.pl?id=48&type=Articles (409 words)

	artbomb.net
		Morris is infamous in Britain for BRASS EYE, a satirical "news programme" that stabbed at the heart of media hypocrisy.
		The plumber is trying not to freak out, the woman has a hysterical edge in her voice that constantly threatens to explode into uncontrollable screaming.
		When it was first broadcast, a newspaper commentator publicly implored Chris Morris' friends to go to his house and make sure he was okay.
	www.artbomb.net /brainpowered.jsp?col=20&more=false (734 words)

	spiked-culture \| Article \| <i>Brass Eye</i>: reaching satire's gold standard?
		But Chris Morris didn't shy away from using paedophilia as a source for some of the humour in the programme - and this is partly what counts for some of the consternation about it.
		What makes him stand out as a satirist is that he dives right into those issues around which contemporary politics and morality is being debated and shaped, and says the unexpected.
		If Morris intended to hurt with wit he achieved his aim - Capital radio DJ Dr Fox and other media figures were made to look very stupid (or were exposed for their stupidity).
	www.spiked-online.com /Articles/00000002D1CA.htm (547 words)

	Chris Morris Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Chris Morris is, among other things, the most.....might see this as a surprising line for Chris Morris to argue.
		Chris Morris's latest television show, Brass Eye, has provoked a huge number of complaints.
		Chris Morris (born September 5, 1965) is a British comedy writer, satirist...
	www.thedaytoday-dvd.co.uk /directory/Chris-Morris.html (232 words)

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		Chris and the team spent 30 minutes last night rehashing the same old jokes that they've been making for the last ten years or so.
		Chris Morris was lampooning the media coverage of paedophilia and the knee-jerk reaction to paedophilia by large swathes of the unthinking public.
		Morris has firmly established himself as a televisual artist with an uncomparable ability to subvert the medium and the English language itself.
	www.webspawner.com /users/asperger/1974.html (5397 words)

	The Evil Gerald Online - Faux celebrity mulls legal action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		But Morris had a few surprises of his own, as he hurled racial abuse at Cohen throughout the interview.
		But when the "executive" is angered by Ali G's 'bloody cheek', Morris cries that he [Cohen] is an "uppity n****r." Realising that he has been fooled, Cohen leaves in a temper.
		Morris was unavailable for comment on the matter.
	www.evilgerald.com /Issues/Issue14/3faux.htm (317 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| Cheap but never cheerful
		The first ever film they produced, a 10-minute short by satirist Chris Morris about a man walking his dog in the middle of a mental breakdown, won a Bafta in 2003.
		They also had one ace in their deck: a long-standing relationship with director Chris Cunningham, a startlingly original visual stylist whose background is in creature design and special effects.
		A six-minute film cut to a soundtrack by Aphex Twin, it was made in Cunningham's own time as a home movie of sorts, and took three and half years of weekends to complete.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/05/28/bfwarp28.xml (927 words)

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		Unfortunately Chris Morris' attempt to allow people to see that the media deals with issues for its own ends will probably fall on its face in this case but that's what all his work is about.
		Chris Morris may upset a lot of people with his TV satire.
		In previous series, Morris has tackled the liberal shibboleths of the war against drugs (with his notorious invention of "cake") and environmentalism (with "heavy electricity" threatening the lives of poor Sri Lankans).
	www.webspawner.com /users/asperger/1972.html (4867 words)

	The Observer \| Review \| For Chris's sake, join the brainy Morrisettes
		On one side is Chris Morris: probably the cleverest and most innovative person working in any creative medium.
		On the other side, catering to an opposing crowd of British cultural consumers, is Chris Tarrant, who said that if Morris had won the Bafta award for Best Innovation it would have ruined the evening 'for me and the whole bloody audience'.
		Choose your Chris with care, readers, and fight for Team B. It's better to be a Morrisette than a Tarrantino.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,6903,706257,00.html (663 words)

	Preoccupations: Radio
		Anyone interested in Chris Morris, satirist par excellence (The Day Today, Brasseye, etc), will find Cook'd and Bomb'd of great interest (link via Metafilter).
		The result was On The Hour, a slick parody of current affairs broadcasting, that shoehorned Morris' surreal stories and interviews into an alarmingly convincing pastiche news presentation style, attacking everything from war reporting to the BBC's time signal along the way.
		Morris presented the show, in addition to writing it in conjunction with Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, David Quantick, Steven Wells and Andrew Glover, and acting as associate producer.
	www.preoccupations.org /radio/index.html (1864 words)

	The High Weirdness Project: Chris Morris
		Chris Morris is an awesome British satirist with a reputation for being rather controversial.
		However, unlike other folk who are known for controversy, his stuff actually has the quality to back it up; it's not all shock.
		Some folks have said Chris Morris' comedy is mean-spirited; I disagree – it's dark, but never mean-spirited.
	www.modemac.com /cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Chris_Morris (164 words)

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