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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 242956" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>While looking on Prime for inspiration for my next Britcom, I stumbled upon a series I'd never heard of before. The name appealed, and I only had to see the names of the two lead actresses to know I was going to watch:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/717WOh5-JDL._AC_SL1116_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It's for the best that I had no idea the story had previously been adapted into a radio series starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales. So I was able to watch the first two episodes free of bias or comparison and simply take it on face value.</p><p></p><p>The premise and the format is very enjoyable. Each "letter" is essentially a monologue from one of the actresses, frequently direct to camera. With intercuts of reactions or flashes of events they are writing about. There's no dialogue featuring more than one person. Even when they've interacted together, they've played out like silent movies, with the monologue continuing over it.</p><p></p><p>The "letters" are riddled with oneupmanship and snide acid drops wrapped in faux sincerity, which is quite entertaining. If I have one complaint it's that it's perhaps gone too far, too soon. Perhaps as things unfold, Vera seducing Irene's new boyfriend will feel balanced. But less than two episodes in it felt like too much of too much. Already there's been a two year gap in which they stopped speaking to one another.</p><p></p><p>It appears the radio series is viewed as subtler and funnier and with more likeable performances, but I suspect the TV series is telling the story in a very different way, which is fine. There's lots that can be done quite differently in a visual medium, such as having a character saying one thing in the letter which sounds grandiose, while at the same time visually showing the actual truth, which is significantly less impressive. An example of this would be Vera boasting about her son's latest sporting pursuit while she looks at a photo of him wearing a pink feather boa, or in a sailor's outfit surrounded by shirtless guys.</p><p></p><p>It's had its moments, and I'm settling into it. It's too soon to say if it will be a surefire winner, but with this cast I'm in for the ride.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]to8G4C5CeTU[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 242956, member: 23"] While looking on Prime for inspiration for my next Britcom, I stumbled upon a series I'd never heard of before. The name appealed, and I only had to see the names of the two lead actresses to know I was going to watch: [CENTER][IMG]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/717WOh5-JDL._AC_SL1116_.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] It's for the best that I had no idea the story had previously been adapted into a radio series starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales. So I was able to watch the first two episodes free of bias or comparison and simply take it on face value. The premise and the format is very enjoyable. Each "letter" is essentially a monologue from one of the actresses, frequently direct to camera. With intercuts of reactions or flashes of events they are writing about. There's no dialogue featuring more than one person. Even when they've interacted together, they've played out like silent movies, with the monologue continuing over it. The "letters" are riddled with oneupmanship and snide acid drops wrapped in faux sincerity, which is quite entertaining. If I have one complaint it's that it's perhaps gone too far, too soon. Perhaps as things unfold, Vera seducing Irene's new boyfriend will feel balanced. But less than two episodes in it felt like too much of too much. Already there's been a two year gap in which they stopped speaking to one another. It appears the radio series is viewed as subtler and funnier and with more likeable performances, but I suspect the TV series is telling the story in a very different way, which is fine. There's lots that can be done quite differently in a visual medium, such as having a character saying one thing in the letter which sounds grandiose, while at the same time visually showing the actual truth, which is significantly less impressive. An example of this would be Vera boasting about her son's latest sporting pursuit while she looks at a photo of him wearing a pink feather boa, or in a sailor's outfit surrounded by shirtless guys. It's had its moments, and I'm settling into it. It's too soon to say if it will be a surefire winner, but with this cast I'm in for the ride. [CENTER][MEDIA=youtube]to8G4C5CeTU[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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