Just because it's meant to be a comedy, doesn't mean the acting and delivery have to be heightened to almost pantomime levels. PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK LIKE THIS. Comedy only works when it's rooted in drama. When not trying to play for the laughs.
Iggy & Ace touches that note on occasion, and it's two leads are pretty good, but the show is otherwise marred too often by hammy performances. And no doubt they were directed as such.
Also, as a member of the LGBTI community, any chance we could have some screen representation that doesn't paint us all as sex obsessed substance abuses? This and "Ding Dong I'm gay" aren't doing us any favours. Admittedly, Iggy & Ace at least has some depth. Ding Dong was a shallow embarrassment.
Yay for diversity but with so many great emerging LGBTI writers and actors in Australia, why is this the kind of thing getting funded?
Iggy & Ace touches that note on occasion, and it's two leads are pretty good, but the show is otherwise marred too often by hammy performances. And no doubt they were directed as such.
Also, as a member of the LGBTI community, any chance we could have some screen representation that doesn't paint us all as sex obsessed substance abuses? This and "Ding Dong I'm gay" aren't doing us any favours. Admittedly, Iggy & Ace at least has some depth. Ding Dong was a shallow embarrassment.
Yay for diversity but with so many great emerging LGBTI writers and actors in Australia, why is this the kind of thing getting funded?
