The bad news: Brit adland comedy has a cliché Aussie. The really bad news: He’s played by a Kiwi
The inevitable arrival in a few months time on Australian TV of UK-made adland sitcom The Persuasionists is going to be an interesting one.
Not least because whichever lucky network gets to show it (and being BBC-made that makes the ABC the likely candidate) is going to face a tricky one in how they promote the central Aussie character.
As Dr Mumbo reported a few days ago, the Australian agency boss is something of a cliche.
“I quite enjoyed it because they take the piss out of the Australian a bit and I keep my Kiwi accent, so I get the best of both worlds.” – A for Awesome….
The lines as written I actually found kind of amusing, but after watching the clip – ooooh, painful. Badly overacted and could they slip in a little more canned laughter? I think there was a stretch of maybe 6 seconds that didn’t have any.
IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUE
er, gee, i just can’t wait to live through an episode of that
atrocious dialogue and acting
but interesting to note that sex with animals is always funny to kiwis
I highly doubt whether ‘The Persuasionists’ will ever see the light of day over there. It’s not even certain to make the end of it’s run here. Genuinely the worst thing I’ve seen on British TV in years.
It’s already been shifted to a late night time slot after tanking badly. Very rare in the U.K for that to happen on a 6 episode run. I have seen Jarred Christmas do stand-up in front of a very boozed Scottish crowd and he was very good.
“Is ‘e ‘avin’ a laff?”