Comments on: Fish Shop http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/09/05/fish-shop/ One Image, Six Writers, Daily Words. The site about Interpretation, Inspiration and Improvisation. Thu, 24 May 2012 07:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rivka Jacobs http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/09/05/fish-shop/#comment-19083 Rivka Jacobs Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:22:12 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=2701#comment-19083 Is this Monty Python metafiction? The self-aware Python protagonist? Very nice, funny too. At least I laughed out loud, but then I'm a Python fanatic. I love any reference to the Pythons. Okay, this is a Pythonesque romp starring a fishmonger and his customer. Pythonesque in several senses, including the show did this type of thing a lot, where the characters in the sketch knew they were parodying themselves in previous parts they played in previous Python sketches. Yes, I think I invented this term, I haven't googled it to be sure. MetaPython fiction. If Ian Sharman hadn't kept writing it, I wouldn't have had to invent a term for it. Is this Monty Python metafiction?

The self-aware Python protagonist?

Very nice, funny too. At least I laughed out loud, but then I’m a Python fanatic. I love any reference to the Pythons.

Okay, this is a Pythonesque romp starring a fishmonger and his customer.

Pythonesque in several senses, including the show did this type of thing a lot, where the characters in the sketch knew they were parodying themselves in previous parts they played in previous Python sketches.

Yes, I think I invented this term, I haven’t googled it to be sure. MetaPython fiction. If Ian Sharman hadn’t kept writing it, I wouldn’t have had to invent a term for it.

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