The Newsreader is an incredibly watchable, engaging show. It may be surprisingly simple in premise, but overall, it is incredibly well done. The two leads spark off of each other & play off one another quite well. It's interesting to view historic events through the lens of the fictional news crew.
Series 1 was flawless. Series 2 starts well, but it stumbles when the writers veer in to topics of race. This is a common but unfortunate theme in too many shows on the BBC. Why do I say that? Because the writers choose to approach historic topics without really taking the time period in to account. For all of the research that goes in to these episodes, they have the "2023 progressive" take on it as opposed to that of an 80s basic liberal. It gets annoying because it ends up coming off as preachy as you just kind of want certain scenes to end. "I'm done waiting for a chair at the table of democracy," (inset eye roll here) is something you hear from some of the most preachy & monologue-oriented people now... not back in 1987.
I'm a millennial, not a boomer. This trend of everything having to be deep or have some kind of moral message. People are casting themselves as victims and unfortunately, now they're casting shows in the same manner.
I do recommend the Newsreader. The cast is generally enjoyable & they work well together. I hope if there is a series 3 they go back to making it entertaining & watchable as opposed to merely trying to cram today's politics in to any/every show they can.
Series 1 was flawless. Series 2 starts well, but it stumbles when the writers veer in to topics of race. This is a common but unfortunate theme in too many shows on the BBC. Why do I say that? Because the writers choose to approach historic topics without really taking the time period in to account. For all of the research that goes in to these episodes, they have the "2023 progressive" take on it as opposed to that of an 80s basic liberal. It gets annoying because it ends up coming off as preachy as you just kind of want certain scenes to end. "I'm done waiting for a chair at the table of democracy," (inset eye roll here) is something you hear from some of the most preachy & monologue-oriented people now... not back in 1987.
I'm a millennial, not a boomer. This trend of everything having to be deep or have some kind of moral message. People are casting themselves as victims and unfortunately, now they're casting shows in the same manner.
I do recommend the Newsreader. The cast is generally enjoyable & they work well together. I hope if there is a series 3 they go back to making it entertaining & watchable as opposed to merely trying to cram today's politics in to any/every show they can.