If you're not European or an open britophile like myself, you may
not know Jessica Hynes' (neé Stevenson's) work. This is wrong of you.
You are a bad person because of this. It's like how people who died
before Jesus was born are doomed to burn in the fires of Hell
eternally, but slightly more serious.
Hynes' work that the average US citizen has seen is limited to the voice of the howler in Harry Potter 5, and if you're especially well-traveled (or have been to my house ever), "bizarro version of Simon Pegg" in Shaun of the Dead. Which as I said, is a real shame, eternal hell fire, etc.
Jessica--back when she was Jessica Stevenson--co-created, wrote, and starred in Spaced, one of the most brilliantly pop culture aware/obsessed, best shot, best acted, most frantically edited sitcoms ever to grace a cathode tube.
If you get nothing else from this post, go watch Spaced immediately, all of it. There are only fourteen episodes after all, and the whole thing's available for free on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/spaced). Then look up everything you can about the show (now a decade old) and its director Edgar Wright (now directing the Scott Pilgrim movie).
So there you go; I just killed the rest of your day.
Hynes also shows up in movies and on tv here and there, but has mostly
stayed over in England, and in fact has a thriving stage career. But
those are things for her publicist to tell you about, and I got out of
the PR game right after my "Taco Cozy" went down in flames.
Rather, I'm here to pay tribute to her razor sharp wit, the superb chemistry she shares with each and every member of the Spaced cast, her honest, unabashed take on day-to-day life, and the way she manages to be so ridiculously funny in such a thoroughly feminine way.
Jessica Hynes has accomplished, in several works (check out The Royle Family or Magicians for other good turns from her), something I find to be exceedingly rare: a distinctly female comedic voice that uses its female qualities as a tremendous strength.
Hynes' sense of humor provides truly new perspectives that refresh well-worn sitcom material and serve as a perfect foil or counterpoint to the male energies on the show. Which, incidentally, makes it an excellent show to veg out with as a couple.
So to Jessica Hynes neé Stevenson, thanks for being hilariously yourself, and thereby showing us just how underused the female voice is in US comedy. It almost makes me wish our sitcom ladies weren't eighty percent whiny props married to fat alcoholics. But then I watch season four of The Simpsons and all is forgiven.
Hynes' work that the average US citizen has seen is limited to the voice of the howler in Harry Potter 5, and if you're especially well-traveled (or have been to my house ever), "bizarro version of Simon Pegg" in Shaun of the Dead. Which as I said, is a real shame, eternal hell fire, etc.Jessica--back when she was Jessica Stevenson--co-created, wrote, and starred in Spaced, one of the most brilliantly pop culture aware/obsessed, best shot, best acted, most frantically edited sitcoms ever to grace a cathode tube.
If you get nothing else from this post, go watch Spaced immediately, all of it. There are only fourteen episodes after all, and the whole thing's available for free on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/spaced). Then look up everything you can about the show (now a decade old) and its director Edgar Wright (now directing the Scott Pilgrim movie).
So there you go; I just killed the rest of your day.
Hynes also shows up in movies and on tv here and there, but has mostly
stayed over in England, and in fact has a thriving stage career. But
those are things for her publicist to tell you about, and I got out of
the PR game right after my "Taco Cozy" went down in flames.Rather, I'm here to pay tribute to her razor sharp wit, the superb chemistry she shares with each and every member of the Spaced cast, her honest, unabashed take on day-to-day life, and the way she manages to be so ridiculously funny in such a thoroughly feminine way.
Jessica Hynes has accomplished, in several works (check out The Royle Family or Magicians for other good turns from her), something I find to be exceedingly rare: a distinctly female comedic voice that uses its female qualities as a tremendous strength.
Hynes' sense of humor provides truly new perspectives that refresh well-worn sitcom material and serve as a perfect foil or counterpoint to the male energies on the show. Which, incidentally, makes it an excellent show to veg out with as a couple.
So to Jessica Hynes neé Stevenson, thanks for being hilariously yourself, and thereby showing us just how underused the female voice is in US comedy. It almost makes me wish our sitcom ladies weren't eighty percent whiny props married to fat alcoholics. But then I watch season four of The Simpsons and all is forgiven.
Its Hynes not Haynes. But good call, shes great
Wow, how embarrassing! Fixed; thanks for the heads up. In my defense, I've only known her as Jessica Stevenson; the marriage was news to me.
I'm a super huge fan of Simon Pegg (mega funny = mega hottie), and I had never heard of this show so I had to check it out. Thanks for the tip- every episode was soo hilarious! Totally loved every character
Also, she has family in my local area and is a regular at the cafe where I work. I was too busy spazzing out to serve her, a regret that will haunt me until my death.
Magicians eh? A Mitchell and Webb fan methinks.
LOVE Spaced, It'd be amazing if they did a special episode, like ten years later. Although they do a teeny weeny bit on the dvd boxset extras, so funny.
I think it's a pity that Jess' career doesn't seem to have taken off in the same way that Nick and Simon's have, but fingers crossed for her. She's a legend.