One more offering from The Vicar of Dibley. I quite enjoyed this one as well. The premise is pretty sitcommy – Geraldine gets invited to multiple Christmas lunches from different parishioners and doesn't have the heart to turn any of them down – but overall, it's fun. There are some fun twists and good gags as she valiantly struggles through course after course.
After
seeing a second episode, the characters are differentiating themselves
more. The parishioners aren't all the
same flavor of West Country bumpkins – there's a lot of variety, which allows
for more kinds of humor.
I won't
get into how PC comes into play exactly – it's a fun sequence, and I don't want
to spoil it. I will say that I
like the way Geraldine just melts for him.
It's so cute, and it's nice to see him portrayed as an obvious catch.
Oh, and
for some reason, though, he's now called Tristram instead of Tristan. Apparently Richard Curtis isn't a stickler
for continuity!
Now,
for the final Vicar of Dibley round-up.
Accent
Watch
Okay,
so I know he's not using his own accent.
Absolutely not. It sure sounds
like RP to me, but Geraldine mentions him being Scottish again in “The
Christmas Lunch Incident.” If I really
listen, I can maybe hear it a little bit in the 'OO's, but that's being
pretty generous. I give up.
Recommend?
In
General
– Yeah. While it would definitely feel
out of place next to modern single-camera sitcoms, it's still very funny, and I
like a lot of the characters. Touché,
Netflix – you were right.
PC-wise – Maybe. Like I said yesterday, it's good fun, and it
makes for an enjoyable way to spend a bit of time.
Warnings
Nothing
further to report.
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