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- "Independent Minds: Peter Sellers"
- Summary: Learn more about an amazing comic genius--Independent Minds: Peter Sellers is a one-hour (news-friendly) entertainment documentary hosted by David D'Arcy.
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Review of Independent Minds: Peter Sellers
Geo Beach
Posted on November 28, 2004 at 09:31 PM
Comprehensive and intelligent, "Independent Minds: Peter Sellers" is nevertheless unerringly funny, with plenty of primary source Sellers that's quite impossible not to laugh out loud at.
Everybody of a certain age remembers the moment he was sold on Sellers (mine when he, impossibly, embodied Jerzy Kosinski's literary Chance in Being There). But it must be only comedic polymaths who can blithely trace Seller's remarkably broad and lengthy oeuvre (myself never really into the Pinks), so, even for devoted fans, there's something to learn here. There's enough of The Man to satisfy inquiring minds without slighting The Art, and plenty of contemporary stars paying homage to Sellers to provoke curiosity in younger listeners.
"Independent Minds: Peter Sellers" could be advantageously slotted next to Fresh Air, or in place of a repeat show. It's a formidable enough presentation that PDs should consider scheduling an encore airing, for devoted fanatics – and the word-of-mouth the show is sure to provoke.