Spitting Image is back!
Finally! After too many years of will they won't they…
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We joined Britbox just to be able to see the new series. (Frankly, there's nowt else to watch on there.)
The first episode definitely delivered the satire, the viciousness and stiletto sharp evisceration of the original '80s series.
But… but… I did not find it as shocking as I did the original.
We have become so jaded by bizarre behaviour, exposed to non stop "what the fuckery" since then that our guffaws and laughter is less, I dunno, spontaneous? We know our PM Pfeffel the Ovenready is a fool and buffoon ready to sell the country to the highest bidder. We know Trump is an arsehole (oh yes… quite literally) so the shock is not quite the same.
We knew Thatcher was bad and Major a grey man with zero personality. We knew Kinnock was useless and Reagan a doddard.
But I don't think we ever doubted that they were humans mostly doing what they felt was best.
Our current crop of politicos and celebs are so vacuous and so unscrupulous in their race to the top of the greasy money/ratings pole that this current SI is just less shocking.
Still, worth a watch and brilliantly done.