The Strip follows the life of Melissa a happily married lawyer with a sixteen-year-old daughter whose life fell into disarray in one day when she discovered her husband, Glenn was having an affair with another man and her daughter Paige was experimenting with bulimia. What to do? Well of course get rid of the husband, drop the job, move out with the daughter and
buy a strip club! Throughout the show we get to learn all about Melissa, Paige, Glenn, Melissa's kooky mother, Leslie and her wayward friend Kath, not to mention a mysterious stripper Adam, that Mel has her eye on. Other, more minor characters also keep the tempo upbeat and amusing. Terrific fantasy sequences can be found in the show, which are, quite frankly, a billion times funnier than those of the waning show Ally McBeal. The Strip is nothing short of a hilarious show made even better high quality acting and dancing. Don't be disillusioned by Shortland Street The Strip proves that not only can we make quality drama in New Zealand; we can make quality comedy too.
2 Reviews
Preposterous
Royalcourtier31 August 2012
Warning: Spoilers
The plot of this series is so ridiculous that I thought it must be a spoof when I read it. Unfortunately it is accurate.
This show was aimed at the lowest form of humour, and didn't succeed. It attempts to dramatise an implausible scenario, and entertain by flaunting an amoral and debauched lifestyle.
Some people may have enjoyed watching it. All I can say is that such programmes are an affront to the public who have to fund them. It is no better than toilet humour, amusing by embarrassing and ridiculing its characters.
The show is very badly acted, which is not a surprise from New Zealand television. I cannot recall a single good actor who has stayed on television - they have all left for Hollywood.
I have tried to watch part of an episode, but found it impossible to watch.
This show was aimed at the lowest form of humour, and didn't succeed. It attempts to dramatise an implausible scenario, and entertain by flaunting an amoral and debauched lifestyle.
Some people may have enjoyed watching it. All I can say is that such programmes are an affront to the public who have to fund them. It is no better than toilet humour, amusing by embarrassing and ridiculing its characters.
The show is very badly acted, which is not a surprise from New Zealand television. I cannot recall a single good actor who has stayed on television - they have all left for Hollywood.
I have tried to watch part of an episode, but found it impossible to watch.
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