Kilroy and the Gypsies
Posted: Thu 14 April, 2005 Filed under: Reviews(ish), Thoughts 1 Comment »I didn’t get to see Channel 4’s Kilroy and the Gypsies when it was transmitted, but caught up with it thanks to TiVo knowing my viewing tendencies, and recording it without being prompted.
Much to my surprise, Kilroy – despite starting off as an utter tosser, which was no real shock – actually started to see the point of view of some of the people he was living with. By the end of the programme, when he saw the “gypsies” being evicted from land that they actually owned, he seemed to be almost human, and quite upset by what he saw.
The cynic in me says that he reacted this way because it was on TV – but there’s that nagging optimism that maybe he did see things from their side as well.
I still think Kilroy’s a tosspot, and I don’t know that anything will change that opinion. But as TV goes, the programme actually managed to be quite thought-provoking, and not too “ooh, look at the funny people” in tone.
“the programme actually managed to be quite thought-provoking, and not too “ooh, look at the funny peopleâ€? in tone.”
Which, considering it featured the perma-tanned silver fox himself is quite an achievement!
“Ohh look at the funny man, mummy!”
“Don’t point at the upper-class pretentions of that man, it’s not allowed as part of the class divide ruling he introduced when we voted him as Prime Minister”
(That was SUPPOSED to be funny but my humour bone has been surgically removed in preparation for having to work this weekend).