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Post by beckettologist on Jul 10, 2010 0:28:53 GMT -5
I really like this one... from Matthew Taylor's Blog July 9 "In contrast Rev is brilliant. Although occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, it is mainly happy to strike a tone of poignant amusement. After every episode I wish all the characters were locals in the neighbourhood pub. I would love to talk theology and sociology with Reverend Smallbone (Tom Hollander), flirt with his wife Olivia Colman (fantastic bone structure) and slag off the World Cup diving of continental footballers with lost soul Colin (Steve Evets), who would surely talk to me about anything as long as I bought him a strong pint of lager. Some churlish critics have said Rev is simply Vicar of Dibley with a grimy face but I think it’s English sitcom at its best. The good guys are flawed, hassled, care worn but with a deep sense of fairness, the bad guys are privileged, pompous and self serving, and some characters – like the Archdeacon Robert (Simon McBurney) are nicely ambiguous. So we are rubbish at football and tennis, and it may be only talent show formats where we excel in the global TV stakes, but maybe we can claw back just a little of our reputation for comedy." www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/uncategorized/rev-1-curb-0/
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