I'm 42 years old. I'm the kind of person who thinks Sean Connery and Roger Moore were the best James Bonds. I like Guns & Roses, Confederate Railroad, Rascal Flatts. I don't do girlie stuff.
Britannia High ... a blatant rip-off of Fame (even the black guy has the exact same hairstyle as the black guy in Fame), in which an S Club 7 of nice girls and boys of indeterminate sexuality breezily overcome their challenges in a spirit of fraternal harmony, taking time out periodically to dance inoffensively. The script is lame. The acting is dreadful. It's ghastly, low-brow crap. In a nutshell, it represents everything I despise!
And therefore, it is with immense embarassment that I have to confess...
I kind of like it!
First of all, the kids are infectiously enthusiastic -- you just can't
not like them. The happy optimism of the show, set in a little-known part of London where it never rains, warms your heart. Having struggled through Monday, reconciling yourself to another week of work, you come home to a dearth of quality television. But here's this undemanding show to reassure you that all is well with the world, humans are inherently good, there is no challenge one cannot overcome,
and it makes you tap your toe!
I love it!
