It's probably not to everyone's taste, but our family thinks it's hilarious. It's a sort of slow television with expletives, but the acting is incredibly good...we think.
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From what I've seen, it rivals 'Glengarry Glen Ross' for the Award For the Greatest Gratuitous Use Of the F-word. -
Yes, but anyone who's been around teenagers/young adults will recognise the use of language is entirely authentic...and authenticity is what the programme is about.Comment
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That's fine, if you regard it as some sort of documentary - but it's being promoted as a comedy, isn't it?Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
Anybody else out there seen it?Comment
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Not as yet but is does appear to have received some very positive reviews and has significant viewing figures.Originally posted by LMcD View PostComment
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The humour isn't in the expletives. It's in the cringe-worthy (and sometimes poignantt) dysfunctional personalities of the principal characters...not to mention their village neighbours. It's difficult to put into words (as was the humour of the Royle Family). You just have to see it. And I guess it won't appeal to everybody.
Come to think of it, it's best defined as a satire on 'the documentary'.That's fine, if you regard it as some sort of documentary - but it's being promoted as a comedy, isn't it?Comment
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Was there an intended Rik Mayall(?) reference? He had that lugubrious resigned phrase, 'I dunno, this country …' which left the rest to be guessed.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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I thought it was a reality thing but then I saw being played by actors and thought well that’s different!Don’t cry for me
I go where music was born
J S Bach 1685-1750Comment
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