She’s a storyteller. That’s why NMTB doesn’t work, and Instagram reels are too short a platform for her humour; which is why the long, ambling narrative of This Country worked PLUS the meandering nature of it really reflected the “nothingness” of where it was set.
I’ve got a lot of love for DMC, I really do but she has lost her way badly and seems to be forgetting all that she was loved for in the first place - relatability, warmth and compassionate humour: Kerry Mucklowe is a very sympathetic character and everyone knows one but DMC made her have depth and emotion: the story arc with her dad and the knockoff goods is a major example of this. And I know Charlie did the majority of the writing but she did a lot too.
I’m patiently waiting for the Cash Carraway dramatisation to come out because I think if that’s a success then perhaps she’ll believe in herself as a “serious (comic) actor” and lose all the dumb “hey slags” stuff and delete Instagram soonest.
(gosh I needed that)
He was hilarious too.
