Film: Bizarre One Direction gay rumours' row made into funny film (NSFW)

Date
27 November 2013

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The peerless Adam Buxton has long proved that there’s comedy gold to be mined from the strange and sometimes terrifying world of YouTube comments. Kudos though to the Dead Parrot comedy collective who’ve taken this idea and run with it in the shape of the tremendous short film YouTube Comment Reconstruction #1: One Direction, That’s What Makes You Beautiful.

Its source material is a row between SOPHIE DANZE and JILIANLOVESTHEBIEBS which took place last month, revolving around the sexuality of One Direction’s floppy-haired heartthrob. It’s nothing new to point out that these kinds of discussions are ridiculous, but the stark Pinter-esque staging and pitch perfect characterisation of the two protagonists lends this piece the production values which really help highlight the madness. And the fact that it’s billed as YouTube Comment Reconstruction #1 offers the hope that there’s more where this came from.

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Dead Parrot: YouTube Comment Reconstruction #1: One Direction, That’s What Makes You Beautiful (still)

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Dead Parrot: YouTube Comment Reconstruction #1: One Direction, That’s What Makes You Beautiful (still)

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Dead Parrot: YouTube Comment Reconstruction #1: One Direction, That’s What Makes You Beautiful (still)

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Dead Parrot: YouTube Comment Reconstruction #1: One Direction, That’s What Makes You Beautiful (still)

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Dead Parrot: YouTube Comment Reconstruction #1: One Direction, That’s What Makes You Beautiful (still)

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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