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| 3 | ''Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me'' is a one-off television {{Biopic}} drama about the career of comedian Creator/FrankieHowerd and his relationship with his partner Dennis Heymer. The programme was part of the BBC's ''Curse of Comedy'' season, which was a series of individual dramas about the turbulent private lives of famous British comedians. |
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| 5 | !!Provides examples of: |
| 6 | * BlitzEvacuees: Dennis was evacuated as a kid, during which time he thought his mother had died. It wasn't until after the war that he found out that she was alive and that she wanted him to believe she was dead because she ran off with another man. |
| 7 | * FagHag: Jane, who says she finds the experience of being a hag "quite agreeable" when Frankie asks her if she's worried that being his beard has damaged her prospects. |
| 8 | * {{Gayngst}}: Frankie is unable to separate being gay from the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father. |
| 9 | * LoveAtFirstSight: The moment when Dennis and Frankie first catch sight of each other is overplayed with Frankie telling a joke about a young gamekeeper seeing a beautiful girl in the woods. |
| 10 | * MommasBoy: Frankie. |
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