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davek_964 said:
I watched about one and a half episodes.
For me, it just didn't quite make it. It's almost brilliant, but just slightly missed the mark for me and I found it a bit frustrating. Shame though
Wife is watching it but I agree its so so close to being excellent but just doesn't quite hit for me, its not awful and we've only done 2 so maybe it'll improveFor me, it just didn't quite make it. It's almost brilliant, but just slightly missed the mark for me and I found it a bit frustrating. Shame though
willy wombat said:
I love its genaral bonkerness bit Mrs W not so keen. Huzzah!
It's the kind of thing my wife would normally avoid like the plague, sexual violence and rape, misogyny, the C word on a regular basis, and eyes being poked out. But for some reason, it's all done in such an OTT way that it's a bit like watching a cartoon, so it's acceptable. You wouldn't avoid Roadrunner or Tom & Jerry because you didn't like to see cruelty to animals. I am planning to try out the line from episode one and the wedding night.... "I hope my seed has found purchase" but given that we're late 50s, I expect the reply will be along the lines of "I bloody doubt it".
LuS1fer said:
I see that the Russian born Count Orlov has suddenly become Indian though... kind of ruins it for the sake of PC.
I would guess that if a white Russian appeared as Ghandi, that would be totally outrageous.
Indeed, or a white British actor playing Ghandi, someone like Ben Kingsley. There'd be uproar. I would guess that if a white Russian appeared as Ghandi, that would be totally outrageous.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
LuS1fer said:
I see that the Russian born Count Orlov has suddenly become Indian though... kind of ruins it for the sake of PC.
I would guess that if a white Russian appeared as Ghandi, that would be totally outrageous.
Indeed, or a white British actor playing Gandhi, someone like Ben Kingsley. There'd be uproar. I would guess that if a white Russian appeared as Ghandi, that would be totally outrageous.
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent. His mother had Russian Jewish blood.
Edited by LuS1fer on Thursday 21st January 13:06
LuS1fer said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
LuS1fer said:
I see that the Russian born Count Orlov has suddenly become Indian though... kind of ruins it for the sake of PC.
I would guess that if a white Russian appeared as Ghandi, that would be totally outrageous.
Indeed, or a white British actor playing Gandhi, someone like Ben Kingsley. There'd be uproar. I would guess that if a white Russian appeared as Ghandi, that would be totally outrageous.
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent. His mother had Russian Jewish blood.
Edited by LuS1fer on Thursday 21st January 13:06
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