Trevor Bastard Extended Universe (TBEU)
The Trevor Bastard Extended Universe (TBEU) is a comedic online fictional universe that mainly exists on Twitter. The TBEU is made up of dozens of characters who are predominantly written and performed by the Universe's namesake Trevor Bastard.[1]. However some characters are performed by other creators, most notably Simon Hedges[2] whose anonymous creator co-writes scenarios with Bastard[3].
The Universe is predominantly based around the Twitter account of fictional South London football club Streatham Rovers with many characters having either a direct or indirect relationship with the club[4].
Overview[edit]
The TBEU was founded and is predominantly run by Belfast based artist Robert Molloy-Vaughan, who goes by the nom de plume Trevor Bastard[5]. Vaughan, originally from South London, is a fan of Dulwich Hamlet Football Club, having formerly led the club’s ComFast (Communism and Buckfast) chapter according to a 2015 Guardian article[6]
The Universe is thought to have begun in 2016 with the creation of the Streatham Rovers Twitter account. The club generally parodies culture around non-league football clubs and purports to get into far-fetched scenarios, such as a match official impaling their scrotum on corner flags. Streatham Rovers and other TBEU accounts are famed for their ability to trick celebrities and politicians into engaging with their tweets, often mistaking them for real people and comments.
Observers of the TBEU have noted that Universe and its characters are primarily focused on making satirical commentary on the nature of late capitalism, particularly the idea landlords having a false sense of offering a public good through renting out expensive properties and the centrist commentariat more generally.
A 2018 essay by Allan Struthers argues the TBEU should be classed as performance art that makes ant-centrist commentary:
"The accounts’ collective voice is one that attacks the foibles of dominant capitalist ideological narratives, and specifically, centrist political discourse. It mocks performative appeals to sensible, rational discussion that are often used to denounce socialism without engaging seriously with its theoretical underpinnings"[7].
Many characters, particularly Dr Robert ‘Rob’ Zands PhD, Oliver Laughdugry (account suspended)[8], Sarah Oxford-Laughdugry, @ppls2ndref (usually referred to as Jeff) and Simon Hedges specifically satirise Pro-EU political moderates who opposed Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party. Much of their content concerns itself with an obsession with the threat of members of Momentum and/or left-wing ‘trolls’ more generally.
References[edit]
- ↑ Whyman, Tom. "The Trevor Bastard Extended Universe is modern art". The Outline. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ↑ "The New Wave of Satire for Our Morbid Political Landscape". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/treborrhurbarb/status/1232603472895279104". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-08-21. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "https://twitter.com/streathamrovers". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-08-21. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ Vaughan, Robert Peter (21 August 2020). "LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Forster, Katie (2015-08-23). "Dulwich Hamlet: London's most hipster football club". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ↑ Struthers, Allan. "Rearranging Authority through Acts of Deception: Trolling and Parafiction in Participatory Art". MA Dissertation, Contemporary Art Practice, RCA.
- ↑ "Oliver Laughdugry #BeKindOnline #FBPE #ABTV #Peopl (@laughdugrylegal) | Threader". threader.app. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
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