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Post by geometryman on Sept 28, 2020 11:58:27 GMT
That's the thing though, there aren't any locals, at least not that we know anything about - they're just background. This is a difference from both Indian Summers and Beecham House, mentioned above. Even Vera Chiang doesn't count because she's only relatively recently in Singapore and the writers are deliberately keeping her mysterious.
The senior military figures were real people but I think they're shallowly drawn here, coming across as incompetent caricatures.
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Post by vicky on Sept 28, 2020 12:20:32 GMT
It's a big disappointment as I had been looking forward to this but have given up on it, just as I have on Us on the other side. Sunday evening drama has really gone to pot.
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Post by beverley61 on Sept 28, 2020 14:20:14 GMT
That's the thing though, there aren't any locals, at least not that we know anything about - they're just background. This is a difference from both Indian Summers and Beecham House, mentioned above. Even Vera Chiang doesn't count because she's only relatively recently in Singapore and the writers are deliberately keeping her mysterious. The senior military figures were real people but I think they're shallowly drawn here, coming across as incompetent caricatures. That's the thing that jar, it is impossible to imagine and empire that functioned so well and made so much money ever being run by such incompetent people. People were very much aware that Japan was on the warpath, some had already sent their families home by then. Someone like Vera would be very worried having already had to escape the Japanese. It's just tripe. |
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Post by Gargleblaster on Sept 29, 2020 11:01:11 GMT
I have to agree with the last few comments. I too have given up on it. It's shallow and badly drawn and that maybe is why the acting is so wooden, it seems that the actors gave up on it too.
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Anymore to come?
