| RATING: | 60% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
This drama does not explore:
- Lies feeding upon lies - making things worse;
- prison life being the same as life outside in White culture;
- the White need for others to believe in one before they can ever believe in themselves.
Instead, it pretends to be a realistic analysis of the British Justice system; while offering little more than tiresome stylistic clichés in place of characterization - despite the excellence of the performances on offer. The battle between contrivance and realism is lost in favor of contrivance as plot twists pile up and reality becomes a distant memory.
The only reality here is that of the needs of contemporary White-British tv drama; presenting its audience with an alternate, entertainment-based reality, instead of any genuine attempt to inform or educate. Do the writers live in the real world? Does the audience; craving this themeless rip-off in the style of Midnight Express?
Are broadcasters unable or unwilling to commission material that tells us something about ourselves? And are we unwilling to face that truth? One wonders if White writers live in a real world or one worth living in given their unwillingness to explore institutional issues. This is the dishonesty that masks an attempt at insightless political propaganda.
At least people are not running around shooting at each other - such a refreshing change from the US tv model.
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