Which Character From “Peep Show” Are You?

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By: Zoe Samuel

6 Min Quiz

Image: Channel 4

About This Quiz

"Peep Show" was a new take on the traditional sitcom. It had the feel of a single-camera, location-shot television show, and much of the unique perspective of the show was owed to the two protagonists' constant internal monologues, giving the audience context any other programme would express as forced dialog. The stars of "Peep Show" were reflections of life in one's 20s; one, a hard-working urban professional, eager to find his place in the world, the other a slacker, looking to get ahead without working at all. Both protagonists, Mark and Jez, shared similar motivations, but they also have very different perspectives and priorities.

The worlds occupied by Mark and Jez are, likewise, very different. This becomes fertile ground for comedy when Jez crosses over into Mark's work life, and when Mark tries to have a good time with Jez and his friends. Jez may be lazy, but he is very cool, and his strange friends swing back and forth between being unpredictable messes, and unqualified successes. In a narrative about expectations and what sort of ordered world the protagonists think they live in, these variables turn plans into chaos, and chaos into cringing, while laughing. Everyone sees some part of themselves in the show's cast. Who do you think you are?

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