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“The name’s… Dolly”: Re-watching Widows
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 335515" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">She’s Out</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Episode Four</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>The series is finding its feet with me now that there’s a plan for the robbery.</p><p></p><p>I am finding some elements repetitive. In every episode one of the women walks out of or is told to get out of The Grange. Invariably, by episode’s end something has happened which means they either return or don’t leave. It’s quite possibly an accurate portrayal of the type of dysfunctional woman who is attracted to drama, manufacturing it when there is none but never actually willing to follow through on melodramatic threats, but my God it’s tedious to watch because it feels there are never any true repercussions or consequences. In turn, this makes the stakes feel low. Watching all the sauntering about with attitude makes it easy to see why French & Saunders really honed in on this aspect of the series for their spoof.</p><p></p><p>Julia feels comfortably familiar to me. She feels like composite of several different people I’ve either watched on screen or met in real life. Although they look nothing alike, something about her voice and her demeanour reminds me very much of Rosalyn Landor from <em>C.A.T.S. Eyes.</em></p><p></p><p>The series is good fun. Getting rid of nasty boyfriend’s body under the watchful eye of the police presented its challenges and reminded me in some ways of Hitchcock’s <em>The Trouble With Harry</em>. Julia’s now dating a horseback police officer who looks like Fergie and whose frequent visits to The Grange are perturbing Dolly who seems to frequently smile at lady cop across the courtyard while seething “get her out of ‘ere” through gritted teeth to Julia. </p><p></p><p>Kathleen’s now been picked up by the police for an outstanding conviction and there’s talk of rescuing her. Dolly has discovered Mike is Shirley’s brother and (if I’m following) he’s the one who has impregnated Angela. The baby survived the beating Angela took from Ester for informing on them, but Angela then chose to drink bleach to try to get rid of it (naturally, this was after Angela had been ordered to leave, which means she will continue to hang round).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 335515, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]She’s Out[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=5]Episode Four[/SIZE][/CENTER] The series is finding its feet with me now that there’s a plan for the robbery. I am finding some elements repetitive. In every episode one of the women walks out of or is told to get out of The Grange. Invariably, by episode’s end something has happened which means they either return or don’t leave. It’s quite possibly an accurate portrayal of the type of dysfunctional woman who is attracted to drama, manufacturing it when there is none but never actually willing to follow through on melodramatic threats, but my God it’s tedious to watch because it feels there are never any true repercussions or consequences. In turn, this makes the stakes feel low. Watching all the sauntering about with attitude makes it easy to see why French & Saunders really honed in on this aspect of the series for their spoof. Julia feels comfortably familiar to me. She feels like composite of several different people I’ve either watched on screen or met in real life. Although they look nothing alike, something about her voice and her demeanour reminds me very much of Rosalyn Landor from [I]C.A.T.S. Eyes.[/I] The series is good fun. Getting rid of nasty boyfriend’s body under the watchful eye of the police presented its challenges and reminded me in some ways of Hitchcock’s [I]The Trouble With Harry[/I]. Julia’s now dating a horseback police officer who looks like Fergie and whose frequent visits to The Grange are perturbing Dolly who seems to frequently smile at lady cop across the courtyard while seething “get her out of ‘ere” through gritted teeth to Julia. Kathleen’s now been picked up by the police for an outstanding conviction and there’s talk of rescuing her. Dolly has discovered Mike is Shirley’s brother and (if I’m following) he’s the one who has impregnated Angela. The baby survived the beating Angela took from Ester for informing on them, but Angela then chose to drink bleach to try to get rid of it (naturally, this was after Angela had been ordered to leave, which means she will continue to hang round). [/QUOTE]
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