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12TS said:
Smiler. said:
The sad thing is, it's more documentary than comedy.
I used to work for Transport for London, and there were more than a few similarities there. On my time with TfL they didn't go quite as far as a Head of Better.
Close though...there was a Head of Improvement and a Head of Reliability.
And yes, they were as far up their own arses as the W1A characters.
parabolica said:
So happy to see this back. Spat my drink out when they cut to the studio in Salford with guy sitting there in drag; haven't laughed that hard in ages!
Agreed, but it also crossed my mind that the real life LGBGT lot will be up in arms that they're being discriminated against and made fun of. Life imitating art and all that.Rarely is there a comedy show where one feels that so many characters need a good punch in the face.
Except Lineker and Shearer, difficult to work out whether their acting skills were such that they were really good at showing annoyance, or that was a side effect of stopping themselves corpsing with laughter.
As before worrying how much of it is a documentary. Bit like Campus, that C4 series on life in a modern university from a few years back. Same team that made Green Wing, not as successful for various reasons, but by Christ it touched quite a few nerves.
Except Lineker and Shearer, difficult to work out whether their acting skills were such that they were really good at showing annoyance, or that was a side effect of stopping themselves corpsing with laughter.
As before worrying how much of it is a documentary. Bit like Campus, that C4 series on life in a modern university from a few years back. Same team that made Green Wing, not as successful for various reasons, but by Christ it touched quite a few nerves.
Just cait up with the with first two episodes on iPlayer.
Great so far, or grating, not sure which. It's so eerily spot on it's half-funny and half-worrying.
The storyline is so believable it makes me wonder if the BBC is having the last laugh here.
Some of the scripting seems a bit below par compared to series 1 & 2. The "Yes, no, yeah, so that's all good, precisely, marvellous" conversations seem to flow less well this time and are just the cast randomly saying their particular character's buzzword, one after another. At least it made some sense before.
One subtlety that I think gets overlooked is the musical segues, with the upbeat tango music playing over sped-up wide angle footage of the various BBC offices, suggesting it really is all a load of frantic nonsensical b
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Great so far, or grating, not sure which. It's so eerily spot on it's half-funny and half-worrying.
The storyline is so believable it makes me wonder if the BBC is having the last laugh here.
Some of the scripting seems a bit below par compared to series 1 & 2. The "Yes, no, yeah, so that's all good, precisely, marvellous" conversations seem to flow less well this time and are just the cast randomly saying their particular character's buzzword, one after another. At least it made some sense before.
One subtlety that I think gets overlooked is the musical segues, with the upbeat tango music playing over sped-up wide angle footage of the various BBC offices, suggesting it really is all a load of frantic nonsensical b
ks.cuprabob said:
As much as I.like it, I hope this is the last series as it's getting a bit repetitive and risks becoming annoying.
I do have a thing for Ophelia Lovibond though
Agreed. Another series could work, but would need a revised setting...TfL is just begging for W1A treatment. Or an airline?I do have a thing for Ophelia Lovibond though
That's the best but some more here https://www.buzzfeed.com/scottybryan/15-times-the-bbc-reached-peak-w1a?utm_term=.leWrvjmrW7#.awznxZBn2m
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