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Brilliant!

Mikal Reich | 03/26/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the highest level humor going. People that do not get it do not deserve to be on the streets. These are people who do not understand understand irony and for that matter do not understand the difference between art and reality. These are the people who write letters to soap opera characters and address them as the real characters. Screw the litteral.
On perhaps the finest track on the CD, "Unflustered Parents," the title states the point. It's not about pedophilia, it is about parents' apathy to what's going on in their kids' lives. This is a global problem, bigger than child molesting. Highly deserving to be satirized. Thank you Chris Morris.
Oh, and it's really funny."

Waking Nightmare

Peter Evans | 12/12/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Be warned, this is serious stuff. Often misdiagnosed as comedy Blue Jam is a chilling but sometimes funny probe into the darkest corners of the human mind. Chris Morris blends surreal sketches designed to haunt, amuse and terrify with an excellent blend of ambient music from the likes of Aphex Twin and Brian Eno. Highlight sketches are as follows: 'Unflustered Parents' deals with two parents who are entirely undisturbed by the fact that their six year old son has gone missing and is probably lying dead in the woods somewhere. Eerie sound effects of rustling leaves and cawing birds conjure up images of a cold winter's wood whilst the actors convey mild annoyance at the interuption of their lives by this unwelcome event. 'Acupuncture' is my personal fave. A dispassionate and mentally detached woman comments on her acupuncture services whilst a hapless man endures the treatment in the background. She is admirably dedicated to the welfare of others, unfortunatly she uses six inch nails and a hammer.'Lizards' is about a television repair man who arrives to help a couple whose television is pouring out lizards. His helpful comments range from, "Use windscreen wipers to wipe them off" to "Have you checked with the cable company sir?"'Suicide Journalist' is a scathing satire of personality driven journalism, art house pretension and the need for a new gimmick. The story is narrated by a man who is so detached from common sense that he must have the life expectency of a [slow] may-fly. 'Fix-it Girl' Remember Harvey Keitel in his role as clean-up man in Pulp Fiction? Imagine if Jules and Vincent opened the door to find that their boss had sent them a four year old girl to do the job. A remorselessly evil girl.Blue Jam is not for the faint hearted. It will offend many. But those who condemn it will be missing the entire point of the excercise. Real life is constantly subject to murder, abuse and terror. Chris Morris using a light coating of acid-jazz and ambience, combined with comedy that sometimes (though rarely) achieves laugh-ou-loud status, exposes all the dark crevices of the mind and the harsh world in the newspaper headline that we prefer to detach ourselves from. Some of the sketches are just plain funny-surreal with beyond nightmarish unreality little chilling content. Others will be akin to being whacked round the back of the head with a baseball bat. Marily Manson would recoil in horror. Easily the most inventive and thought provoking work to come out of British radio in the last decade. It has a horrible fascination.To be listened to with the lights off."

Truly frightening

Tralfamadore | 06/23/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is scary stuff, the blackest of black humour. The stuff of nightmares. More horror than comedy, you feel you have to laugh because you don't know what else to do."