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| TV,
Jerry Carpenter,
20 January 1999 |
Rating: F3
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There’s a huge gap in thirty-something relationship dramas isn’t there? I mean out of all the social groups why is this one being so ignored by programme makers ?. I AM BEING FACETIOUS. Only because I’m being FRUSTRATED. Because if the BBC keep churning out dramas concerning small groups of fresh-faced well-fed white whiners at this rate, then in about five years or so that’s all that we’ll have 24 hours a day. Don’t let it happen folks.
That’s the tirade dealt with. So is ‘Tinsel Town’ better or worse than any of the previous generic efforts shoved in our faces ?. A bunch of Scottish lads and lasses holding down low level employment, all living just to get wasted at the weekend. Some of them are gay, some of them are straight, most of them know each other, and some are obviously going to be bumping like ships in the night as the series progresses. It’s all the filmed in the style de jour, the ‘real’ wobbling cameras, the jumpy editing, some druggy visual effects – nothing to really slag off or recommend style-wise. Think ‘This Life’ with just the clubbing scenes and you’ll be on the right track.
The characterisation is pretty thin, but it’s early days so you can only be optimistic that there’ll be more to the script than a bunch of cynical chat up and flip-off lines. If this did merely repeat itself week after week following our party people from pub to club to bed then it’d get pretty tiresome. Hopefully the generally sprightly cast will carry the job off – most of them are fairly sympathetically sketched, with only the two ‘hard-men’ mates striking a dull chord. Worth sticking with for the time being then, if you like this sort of thing. For those who are tired of the post-‘Trainspotting’ TV fall-out, I suggest a night out instead.
BBC2 Mon 23.00
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