Post by Arturo Classico on Feb 14, 2009 23:13:09 GMT -5
I know we had the awesome movie review thread awhile back so i figured I'd do one for TV show reviews and i figured I'd start with one of the most highly acclaimed British tv shows The Vicar of Dibley that airs on PBS a lot in the US.
Vicar of Dibley
I know a lot of people loved this show as it was ranked in the top three of all British comedy shows, however to me the show lacks any substance and the characters are all pale stereotypes from the seventies.
Now the premise for the show isn't bad, a liberal woman coming to a backwoods village as the new minister to the shock and disgust of the people of the town could be funny and for some of the early episodes it wasn't terrible. However as a series it went long enough and after two series it really was enough, hell one would have been okay.
The major problem though is they make Dawn French too strong and surround her with weak characters who aren't interesting who go from being just boring too being way too eccentric and lacks all meaning. Also they all are bad caricatures and utterly clique that I just role my eyes whenever I tried to watch this show.
Also I fail to see what this show is even trying to say are they trying to mock the Church of England for being backwards and not able to change or are they just mocking people who live in small English towns as being near retarded and unable to function in any way shape or form. Or is it that really the show is saying that all though Vicar Granger for her liberal, modern values is just as dumb as the townspeople, either way it doesn't carry my attention and dosen't deserve the acclaim it gets.
Vicar of Dibley
I know a lot of people loved this show as it was ranked in the top three of all British comedy shows, however to me the show lacks any substance and the characters are all pale stereotypes from the seventies.
Now the premise for the show isn't bad, a liberal woman coming to a backwoods village as the new minister to the shock and disgust of the people of the town could be funny and for some of the early episodes it wasn't terrible. However as a series it went long enough and after two series it really was enough, hell one would have been okay.
The major problem though is they make Dawn French too strong and surround her with weak characters who aren't interesting who go from being just boring too being way too eccentric and lacks all meaning. Also they all are bad caricatures and utterly clique that I just role my eyes whenever I tried to watch this show.
Also I fail to see what this show is even trying to say are they trying to mock the Church of England for being backwards and not able to change or are they just mocking people who live in small English towns as being near retarded and unable to function in any way shape or form. Or is it that really the show is saying that all though Vicar Granger for her liberal, modern values is just as dumb as the townspeople, either way it doesn't carry my attention and dosen't deserve the acclaim it gets.
