s01e01 — Episode 1

Peter Capaldi <3

Mixed feelings after the first episode. I think the series will fully manifest itself further

A modern, rigid and deliberately uncomplicated development of the theme of the series "Yes, Minister". The corridors of British power, and in them - stupidity, pettiness, intrigue, commercialism, unprofessionalism, empty worries, stormy departmental and party squabbles and the terrible Malcolm Tucker. He is the main character and the protagonist of the series, even when he is absent from the frame. The formidable political strategist is rude and aggressive with the opposition and journalists, and for government workers he is just a waking nightmare around the clock. Everyone from secretaries to ministers is afraid of his sarcastic remarks, commands and inventive swearing. It's not a fact that under the pressure of his unbridled pressure and vocabulary, they make fewer stupid mistakes or at least look less idiots, but the viewer is definitely more fun.

In addition to the stressful everyday life of the bureaucracy, the authors also slightly traveled through modern diseases of democracy, including formalism, stereotyping and unscrupulousness of PR, superficiality, with all their might, populism and hypocrisy of the media, whose vulgar passion to slap a brighter headline in many ways provokes the fruitlessness of the mouse fuss of bureaucrats, senior officials and politicians.

I did not notice any outstanding acting, but it is not required in such a scenario and texts, as special costumes, scenery or music are not required. Rich, funny and witty. I watched it with pleasure, although the lack of any bright ending was a little disappointing.

Language. They talk a lot, sometimes VERY quickly, very "colloquially", while, despite the abundance of swear words, it is often quite difficult, with difficult allusions and references. The pronunciation is good, there are no terrible accents anywhere near, but it's hard even with subtitles. (I just couldn't watch with Russian subtitles, apparently, the translator doesn't understand the difference between English "fuck" and our obscenity, and the lines of the subtitles were annoying with an abundance of unprintable abuse) If you understood everything right away, you can deservedly consider yourself a real expert in modern English))

Maybe it's just not my type of series - terribly fussy and spiteful, deliberately caricatured in characters. But Peter Capaldi is good.

It reminded me a lot of the fuss at my job. "Worth it" in the sense of yes or no. You shouldn't have done it if he said it was worth it. That's why you did what you did. Oh, my God, that sounds familiar. And I thought such a madhouse was only in our country.