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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 240878" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Another four episodes are finished: the final episode of Series One; the Christmas Special and the first two episodes of Series Two - including Celia Imrie.</p><p></p><p>There's much to love about the series. The cast chemistry remains wonderful. The scenarios are fun. There are some terrific lines. I'm laughing a great deal. There's even been a little location work in Series Two . Well, just a short scene or two, but enough to bring some interest. This isn't a series that <em>needs</em> location work, since it's somewhere in between theatre and traditional, multiple-camera sitcom.</p><p></p><p>However, my doubts about the writing remains. There are times when a little finesse would elevate this series from enjoyable to legendary. Certain scenarios and lines still feel familiar from <em>Will & Grace</em> and the like. The colourful language adds nothing and sometimes it feels like characters are saying "f**k" to get a cheap laugh in place of a genuinely witty line. I know the series is called <em>Vicious</em>, but I also find some of the humour a little cruel and harsh. I suppose I like my British sitcoms a little more sedate. In place of sparkling lines is an awful lot of cartoony physical stuff. People fall down. A lot. Ash fell over carrying the Christmas turkey. Stuart's mother fell over when he came out to her. And I feel Sir Ian McKellen deserves better material than putting on a Father Christmas costume only for a stunt double to then fall down the stairs. It's lazy, lazy, lazy writing. When one can't think of a clever line, simply write "x falls over" or put an expletive in the mouth of an elderly character to get a guaranteed laugh. Bob Larbey this isn't.</p><p></p><p>In addition, I feel the phraseology either lacks British detail or is tailored towards a transatlantic audience. In the Christmas episode, numerous characters referenced "gifts". Not one brought a "present". There's a lot of "I guess" and "I know, right?". Ash even said "gotten" on one occasion (to be fair, he is younger and I have heard younger people use this, albeit the first instance I recall was in 2018-ish). Some of it seems jarring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 240878, member: 23"] Another four episodes are finished: the final episode of Series One; the Christmas Special and the first two episodes of Series Two - including Celia Imrie. There's much to love about the series. The cast chemistry remains wonderful. The scenarios are fun. There are some terrific lines. I'm laughing a great deal. There's even been a little location work in Series Two . Well, just a short scene or two, but enough to bring some interest. This isn't a series that [I]needs[/I] location work, since it's somewhere in between theatre and traditional, multiple-camera sitcom. However, my doubts about the writing remains. There are times when a little finesse would elevate this series from enjoyable to legendary. Certain scenarios and lines still feel familiar from [I]Will & Grace[/I] and the like. The colourful language adds nothing and sometimes it feels like characters are saying "f**k" to get a cheap laugh in place of a genuinely witty line. I know the series is called [I]Vicious[/I], but I also find some of the humour a little cruel and harsh. I suppose I like my British sitcoms a little more sedate. In place of sparkling lines is an awful lot of cartoony physical stuff. People fall down. A lot. Ash fell over carrying the Christmas turkey. Stuart's mother fell over when he came out to her. And I feel Sir Ian McKellen deserves better material than putting on a Father Christmas costume only for a stunt double to then fall down the stairs. It's lazy, lazy, lazy writing. When one can't think of a clever line, simply write "x falls over" or put an expletive in the mouth of an elderly character to get a guaranteed laugh. Bob Larbey this isn't. In addition, I feel the phraseology either lacks British detail or is tailored towards a transatlantic audience. In the Christmas episode, numerous characters referenced "gifts". Not one brought a "present". There's a lot of "I guess" and "I know, right?". Ash even said "gotten" on one occasion (to be fair, he is younger and I have heard younger people use this, albeit the first instance I recall was in 2018-ish). Some of it seems jarring. [/QUOTE]
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