RTE's latest.
Five women leave their families and are thrown back into the workplace to see how they cope with the pressures of a full time job and trying to raise a family. Cue scenes of distressed women crying down the phone in a car park.
I didn't realise we'd travelled back to 1953 where this situation might have actually been out of the ordinary. How many more horrific attempts at producing reality TV are RTE going to make before they realise they're humiliating themselves? And who thought up the title? Jesus Christ, theres descriptive and then theres just plain unimaginative.
Next week: 6 farmers go to a Ceilidh in westport.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Friday, October 24, 2008
Really Truthful Enterteinment
It appears David Coffey, creator of Irish satire (really?) "Dan and Becs," is lending his hand to a new RTE comedy "Sharon and Steve." It operates under the same principles as Dan and Becs, but this time instead of south Dublin yuppies, we're being treated to a fly on the wall mockumentary of two working class people from Tallaght. In an interview Coffey stated that he had more than a little in common with the annoyingly pretentious Dan, making him quite an easy character to play and write for. How then is he going to be able to pen a realistic script set in Tallaght?
Realising the potential issues that may arise from such a dilemma (i.e. having to write from a perspective thats not your own) he set about finding people who knew more about working class life than himself.
Coffee hopped on a 77 to round up two suitable knackers to help him with his script. Charlene Gleeson who plays Sharon points points out the complexities of the character of Sharon "she loves Tallaght, all her friends love Tallaght, she works in Tallaght, she goes out in Tallaght." I have to say I breathed a sigh of relief when I realised that Charlene and Emmet Kirwan (who plays Steve) are both actually originally from Tallaght. Theres no way you'd want someone from outside Dublin 24 trying to tackle roles like this.
This show promises more laughs than "Dan and Becs" although according to Coffee it wont be as satirical. I'm assuming this is because working class people are more fun to laugh at, and theres no way a towny would get satire.
Realising the potential issues that may arise from such a dilemma (i.e. having to write from a perspective thats not your own) he set about finding people who knew more about working class life than himself.
Coffee hopped on a 77 to round up two suitable knackers to help him with his script. Charlene Gleeson who plays Sharon points points out the complexities of the character of Sharon "she loves Tallaght, all her friends love Tallaght, she works in Tallaght, she goes out in Tallaght." I have to say I breathed a sigh of relief when I realised that Charlene and Emmet Kirwan (who plays Steve) are both actually originally from Tallaght. Theres no way you'd want someone from outside Dublin 24 trying to tackle roles like this.
This show promises more laughs than "Dan and Becs" although according to Coffee it wont be as satirical. I'm assuming this is because working class people are more fun to laugh at, and theres no way a towny would get satire.
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