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Saw this last night.
Cans really find the words
Cans really find the words
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SHOCKED FASCINATION THAWING to a seedling of sympathy was my experience of the second comedic offering from the channel, The Roaring Twenties, which is actually pretty awful, but which somehow, despite its naivety, held out a freshness or promise that seemed entirely absent from the deadening familiarity of Gallagher's mockumentary.
It has to be asked why the station presented the young film-makers responsible for this embryonic programme a gang-plank disguised as an opportunity. Is RTÉ really hell-bent on annihilating potential comic talent by throwing inexperience at the camera lens to see if it sticks? Truly, one had to dig deep to unearth the silver lining from this thunderously leaky cloud.
The Roaring Twenties concerns four friends, young archetypes living in bedsit-land, and their multifarious pursuit of sex, career and comfort. There is Kevin (Diarmaid Murtagh) the dilettante, Mary (Amy Kirwin) the ambitious journo, Ray (Jason Healy) the mysterious shaggable one, and Seamus (Darryl Kinsella) the tag-rugby boy.
The acting is frighteningly uneven, with one or two calm performances and one too many hysterical turns; the situation is hackneyed, an uneasy mix of Shallow Grave, Spaced and The Young Ones; and, at its worst, the script is hugely under-developed, with a conspicuous absence of wit. However, the programme is interestingly shot, and has some less predictable moments along with a hint of edginess or invention that might well be worth exploring with a couple of decent scriptwriters.
Wait, we should also send them the cop show thread.
There hasn't been an Irish cop show, has there? Ka-ching!
There was some sort of two part mini series over the xmas. Didn't see it though.
Anyway, it's all about the cop show thread. But what'll we do without Janer in it???!
there was a couple of year back a kind of irish Silen Witness thing with the guy who played the da in The Family - cant remember his name.
Charlo? Sean McGinley.
Don't forget
Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle
There was some sort of two part mini series over the xmas. Didn't see it though.
Anyway, it's all about the cop show thread. But what'll we do without Janer in it???!
we've done kids TV and quiz shows brilliantly.
And there was an episode of Relic Hunter where they came to Ireland and ended up clearing the name of Dermot McMorrough after his family lived in shame for 800 years. It was amazing and I loved it. They used a set from some Wild West movie to be 'Dublin', or possibly they used the set from Back to the Future 3, and they always found parking right outside the door of wherever they were going. It was also sunny and everyone had a nordy accent.
I wish I were watching it now.
Was James Nesbitt in it?
That episode is amazing! Every now and then they cut to stock footage of the DART going over Pearse Street bridge. seamless.
pardon?
Don't think so.
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