Monday, February 23, 2015

Catastrophe + Cockroaches + Number 2s

some new UK comedy:

Catastrophe is the latest from Sharon Horgan, this time co-written and co-starring American Rob Delaney....who claims to be from Boston but sounds like he's from southern California and has that accent you hear on TV, usually spoken by young women, where every short sentence is spoken slowly with the emphasis on the last word so it sounds like a question???????? This has what we've come to expect from Horgan....lowlife characters incapable of maintaining relationships, awkward situations, sex. Ashley Jensen appears as does Carrie Fisher. It's been reported that it will be returning for a second series.
Catastrophe

Cockroaches is a post-apocalyptic romantic comedy. Now there's a new genre. Jack Whitehall is in it which tells me it's probably targeted at 10 year olds.
Cockroaches

Number 2s is a political comedy from Northern Ireland. I think it's attempting to be satirical, but comes off more as a Hollywood-style comedy of over-rehearsed punchlines and harmless stereotypes. Number 2s

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