Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Footballers' Wives
OK, I'm counting on my British readers to explain this to me. Is Footballers' Wives only funny to me because I'm an American, or is it funny to you too? What I mean is, the show seems to focus on the sort of things that Americans find funny about British people. I imagine it must be similar for you to watch Baywatch or Seinfeld or Dallas, and laugh at Americans. BBC America is showing this here, and I think it's hilarious, but I can't quite explain why. The same plot in an American show would be boring.
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It’s funny in the so-bad-its-good sense of the word, rather than by much deliberate intention. It generally appeals to the lowest common denominator with plenty of outrageous storylines, sex and football. However, i believe it is fully aware of its intended audience and never intends to be anything other than lowbrow.
Yep, Footballers Wives is created in very much the same way as you've taken it - ridiculous fun.
Hope you get Bad Girls from the same creator - same spirit, different scenario - a womens' prison (in fact, one of the Footballers Wives - Tanya Tucker - was apparently incarcerated there). The Christmas special included fancy dress, a hurricane, and a ghost of one of the dead prison wardens...
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