Strife

Asher Keddie remains in my top 3 favourite actors of all time & her performance in Strife doesn't disappoint! I wasn't sure I'd get to see her play a character more endearing & awkwardly hilarious than Nina in Offspring again. I'm still up at 2am binging the entirety of season 1!

I loved seeing her portray Evelyn; a feisty, funny yet vulnerable & authentic feminist based on MamaMia & Mia Freedman's book. (Another absolutely fab Aussie woman!)

It was also really nice to see lesser known actors that haven't been "recycled" in heaps of other Australian TV shows. Really hoping for a season 2! Well done to all cast, writers & crew. <3.

... eight episodes less than half-hour each, you can get through entire first season in one evening... a fun program with lots of very good performances... not for all audiences, those very critical are never going to like this type of work

... there's family-friends-relationships-divorce-work.environment-feminism-et al... lots-to-tackle, and for the most part all handled exceptionally well... good promising series have been shut down many times before after only one season... we can only hope that is not the fate of this very worthwhile little production from down under... .. trending towards fewer episodes, wish this time were more.

Season 1 was a bit slow going as you get to know the characters but by season 2 I was hooked. I understand what people are saying about the main character being unlikeable at times in season 1, but if you've read the book this is kind of crucial to the story. I think we're so used to the main character being the perfect person we're gunning for, but I love that Evelyn Jones is flawed. I love the Mamamia brand & the story of how it came about, so it helps to watch it with some back story, but in saying that my husband watched it with me & also loved it. Laughs, tears, and Asher Keddie. Loved it!

Can someone please apologise to Asher Keddie and Tina Bursill? That would be great thanks.

If this is what post Brian Walsh can look like at Foxtel/Binge I dread whats coming next.

I just could not get into this and watched it over the course of a few days because there is no way this should've been made into a show.

Can we please stop greenlighting peoples memoirs please because after the failure that was Warnie this year you think Binge/Foxtel would've served up something just a little bit better.

Don't get me wrong Asher is a national treasure but I feel like someone just handed her the script and went "read it now"... Do yourself a favour, skip this.

I consumed the whole show within a 48 hour period and I'm impressed with what they've achieved here. The production quality and acting are great, and the storyline is well-paced - it stays interesting the whole way through whilst still being light enough to suit any mood. I really enjoyed seeing current, potentially dicey issues addressed directly in a way that's entertaining and self-aware. No character or storyline is unrealistically perfect here, and that authenticity makes the story easy to connect with. The script's style of humour reminds me faintly of one of my all-time favourite shows, The Bold Type - specifically, the hilariously-awkward cold opens with manifold missteps taken in the character's stride. In the year of the Barbie movie, Strife does an admirable job of depicting the nuanced struggles of modern feminists and of celebrating and showcasing real people in all our imperfect perfection.