I know that I have posted this before, but I need people to read this Stephen Fry article that I wrote for my English Language coursework and compare it to the writing style of newspapers/magazines that it seems similar to (if that makes sense at all), as in the commentary I have to start it off by stating what kind of newspaper/magazine the article could work in, and I have absolutely no idea as to what kind of newspaper/magazine this article could be used in as I rarely read newspapers nowadays. 

In modern Britain, it is considered socially unacceptable to not know who Stephen Fry is. This man of many well-deserved titles has developed a huge following of British comedy fans from outside the UK. The marvellous comedian first got into public attention in 1981 through the Cambridge Footlights Revue, along with fellow members Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, and Tony Slattery. Throughout the late 80-90’s, his fame rose along with his old comedy partner Hugh Laurie to create incredible television programmes such as Jeeves & Wooster, and the hit sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie.

My parents, as well as a lot of the other parents of my generation, were always up for a bit of Stephen Fry on their television screens during the bleak, neon cesspool that was the 1980’s, and the rather grey, but heavy 1990’s. My personal favourite piece of Stephen’s acting will always be, in my opinion, his roles in Blackadder. Especially his role as the b-aa-ahh-my ol’ bleater that was General Melchett from Blackadder Goes Fourth. But after entertaining us from our television screens for over 20 years, chances are that you will hear, read, and see something Stephen Fry-related at some point in every day of your life. You just can’t escape from him. Then again, who would want to?

Although, all of this was before he started hosting the famous and extremely obscure panel show QI, which has led him to become a national treasure all over again during the noughties, and has substantiated what a genius, or a fool in Alan Davies’ case, looks like.

For a 54-year-old educated man from Hampstead, Stephen Fry is definitely one of the coolest people out there. He has a large teenager/young adult following who not only fancy the pantaloons out of him, but have also created possibly a mini-religion or a cult and are calling Mr. Fry “God”, which is most ironic as Stephen is one of the most famous modern atheists that you can think of. But obviously that does not stop the fans or the public from announcing him of his godly ways. Not one bit.

What I find most incredible about Stephen Fry, excluding his general funniness and intelligence that we mere civilians are not worthy of, is the fact that he can still look at the funny and beautiful side of the world, despite living with a form of bipolar disorder and having suffered through severe forms of depression in his life. There have been moments in which he has contemplated killing himself, but never have there been so many people in the world who are oh so glad that he hasn’t kicked the bucket too soon. I always find it strange when I watch documentaries in which he is talking about his condition, because whenever I see him on my television screen hosting QI, one of my absolute favourite panel shows ever, I can only see him as this pretty, happy umbrella made of rainbows that shields the shows viewers from the miserable storm that can be the real world. It takes a certain level of genius to look like one is expressing happiness when one cannot always see through the dark, foggy, sometimes self-loathing arsehole that is the mind. As someone with a mental condition of my own, I find him to be a very insightful and inspirational person, and it’s amazing to find someone that you can relate to in terms of the insecurities with the ways of our mind. You just don’t get that level of brilliance nowadays, don’t you think?