A soap opera for the screen illiterate
I expected so much more from this, but unfortunately it's little better than a soap opera gone wrong. So incredibly cliched, and particularly annoying is the rewriting of social history to suit today's woke agenda. According to this drama only the Australians were racist, and the working class English were oh so enlightened in the 1950s. Yeah right!
And talking of colour, Michelle Keegan appeared at Australian immigration wearing so much OTT fake tan that I feared she was going to fall foul of the 'no non-whites' entry policy of the time.
Too many convoluted and implausible storylines crammed in, stereotypes galore, poor acting, especially by M Keegan, hardly recognisable these days with her ever changing face - it all adds up to a huge disappointment.
The opening scenes were shockingly heavy handed and an insult to audiences: the UK scenes played out behind dark grey filters to signal how miserable England was. Really? Even soaps don't attempt this sort of blatant audience manipulation any more. Did the producers fail to realise that viewers are screen literate now?
And talking of colour, Michelle Keegan appeared at Australian immigration wearing so much OTT fake tan that I feared she was going to fall foul of the 'no non-whites' entry policy of the time.
Too many convoluted and implausible storylines crammed in, stereotypes galore, poor acting, especially by M Keegan, hardly recognisable these days with her ever changing face - it all adds up to a huge disappointment.
The opening scenes were shockingly heavy handed and an insult to audiences: the UK scenes played out behind dark grey filters to signal how miserable England was. Really? Even soaps don't attempt this sort of blatant audience manipulation any more. Did the producers fail to realise that viewers are screen literate now?
- blue-raincoat
- May 22, 2023