k-punk
Spectres of Mark
Did anyone see this on the new c4 digital channel on Monday?
I thought it was perfectly dreadful... not only were the characterizations witlessly pasteboard and devoid of any surprise, you ended up being sympathetic to Blunkett, which can't have been the point... More disturbingly, the production seemed - like the coverage at the time - to be shockingly misogynistic... Doon Mckichans's 'characterization' of Cherie consisted solely in pulling silly faces, but worst of all was the absurd savaging of Kimberly Quinn, who was so depicted as so unredeemably malevolent as to defy all credibility... her behaviour was totally erratic, switching wildly from scene to scene in accordance with no logic at all.. what was her motivation? what did she get out of the liaison with Blunkett? we were invited to conclude that her motives were entirely self-serving, but received no enlightenment as to WHY she perceived it to be in her own interest to have an affair with him...
I thought it was perfectly dreadful... not only were the characterizations witlessly pasteboard and devoid of any surprise, you ended up being sympathetic to Blunkett, which can't have been the point... More disturbingly, the production seemed - like the coverage at the time - to be shockingly misogynistic... Doon Mckichans's 'characterization' of Cherie consisted solely in pulling silly faces, but worst of all was the absurd savaging of Kimberly Quinn, who was so depicted as so unredeemably malevolent as to defy all credibility... her behaviour was totally erratic, switching wildly from scene to scene in accordance with no logic at all.. what was her motivation? what did she get out of the liaison with Blunkett? we were invited to conclude that her motives were entirely self-serving, but received no enlightenment as to WHY she perceived it to be in her own interest to have an affair with him...