Sharp-tongued comic performer known for playing sardonic characters on English TV. Atkinson began his... (Learn more)
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"Atkinson is unusual in the sense that he's equally adept at both intricate verbal humor and slapstick physical comedy. Few comedians this side of Steve Martin are as accomplished in both areas. But there's also an obviousness to many of Atkinson's skits that make them tiresome. His favorite persona is that of the blissful idiot. ... I doubt that Atkinson will ever be a big star in America. For all his talent, his more mannerly sketches seem clever but too mild, while his crassest creations are comic criticisms of the kind of social and cultural inhibitions we vulgar Americans overcame a long time ago. ... Atkinson can be really funny, but there's something bloodless about his comedy as well." --Ken Tucker writing in Entertainment Weekly, March 6, 1992.
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