Fleabag anyone

I initially overlooked the first series because I assumed it would be miranda-ish and I can't stand miranda.

It was the voice I think.

Its nothing like Miranda

I agree - not at all like Miranda.

Thank you for this thread. Without it I'd have missed a real treat. I devoured both series in three days and am very sorry that there ate to be no more. I spent most of the first couple of programmes thinking I should be appalled but I quickly got over my 'sharp intake of breath Mary Whitehouse moments' and enjoyed its clever perception and wonderfully acting.

What Tartlet said. Was very surprised I enjoyed it. Now looking forward to Killing Eve.

One of the best things thats been on for quite a while, along with Line of Duty and Killing Eve.

I have just binge-watched the whole two series in about a week and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm having withdrawal sympoms now! Such clever, funny writing, and every single character was interesting and well written, even the minor roles.

I love it!

Having had my resident anxiety levels - too high I know its annoying I've tried some avenues of support but not working yet - ramped up by house moving and health worries, I actually find the artificially induced levels of jeopardy in a lot of tv too much to cope with. Line of Duty is way up there and even though I know its drama my system does not....I leave DH to it and go and have a soothing bath when its on!
Provably why my choice at the moment centres around gentle stuff like The Repair shop and Home is where the Art is and I've even been known to watch 'Shakespeare and Hathaway' on I player in the wee small hours when I can't sleep. Yes, that is very tame and daft but seriously when you jump if the phone rings you can only take the mild stuff. Fleabag was good for me because it held me captive for the whole programme....literally not knowing where the story would go but knowing it was about quirky people and their equably quirky relationships rather than people being truly nasty to each other.

I know what you mean, HildaW. I have had several very stressful and upsetting years, and sometimes I just feel I have to protect myself from anything too distressing. I started to watch the new drama "Trust Me" last night but found it deeply disturbing, so I switched off quite quickly. But I loved Fleabag.

The jury is out for me on Fleabag. I watched it because of this thread.

I think it tried too hard to be....hip...for want of a better word.
I found the dialogue unnatural "Don't touch my miscarriage!" and "What?" uttered in staccato voice, so often. So many of the sentences were delivered in stark, broken fashion.

I loved the priest, Realised he was the evil Moriarty in Sherlock a few years ago. Like the dilemma of a priest with lust he had to deny. Things like Chatty Wednesday had me grinning, especially when one chap forgot which day it was and had to be reprimanded.

I felt I was watching theatre rather than true life drama, but that's OK I suppose. It was a sit-com after all.

As a fan of the droll Miranda, Fleabag had a cheek pinching her signature 'talk to audience via camera' method. What is plagiarism called if it's done in a drama?

I should have watched series one beforehand I suppose. Didn't get the flashbacks or guinea-pig filled cafe.

It was OK and quite entertaining.

Fleabag was definitely a work of art therefore its style was as much a part of it as the actual content. There were complexities and subtleties and dramatic creativity. Touches of deep dark irony and modern gothic nuances also incredibly careful casting and stylistic decisions added to the atmosphere it created. Then of course there was the script!! Day6 if you were expecting it to be 'true life drama' you were bound to be disappointed - this is complex creative drama that allowed its audience to engage and enjoy on many levels. Unlike so much TV drama it credited us with some intelligence.

Speaking to the camera/audience is an age old dramatic device used by playwrights, eg Shakespeare, and certainly not pioneered by Miranda. Do you remember the brilliant film "Alfie" with Michael Caine - he made asides to the camera throughout the film.

Albert Finney in ‘Tom Jones’, too, I seem to remember.