Blackeyes, in which the story of the eponymous model based on the central character, Jessica, is related as a novel authored by Jessica's uncle, but rewritten by Jessica, both of whom, in the third episode, turn out to have been authored by a journalist called Jeff, who turns out himself, in the final scene, to have been the invented creature of a writer who is none other than 'Dennis Potter'." - Meaning and context.">
The books reviewed in the article are W. Stephen Gilbert Fight & Kick & Bite: The Life and Work of Dennis Potter (Hodder, later reissued by the Overlook Press as The Life and Work...) and John Cook Dennis Potter: A Life on Screen (Manchester University Press)
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Stephen Gilbert and John Cook (along with just about everyone else) would agree that Potter reached his reflexive nadir with Blackeyes, in which the story of the eponymous model based on the central character, Jessica, is related as a novel authored by Jessica's uncle, but rewritten by Jessica, both of whom, in the third episode, turn out to have been authored by a journalist called Jeff, who turns out himself, in the final scene, to have been the invented creature of a writer who is none other than 'Dennis Potter'.

— Dennis Potter

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Dennis Potter

About Dennis Potter

Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June, 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. He is best remembered for scripts which mixed autobiographical elements with social history and fantasy. Potter's plays occasionally incorporated elements of popular culture (characters miming to popular songs) and adult actors performing as children.