On television, [Julia Gillard] loses a dimension; her natural fluency seems to get snarled up in clunky catchphrases and rehearsed hand movements. Rather than looking like a leader forming a political argument, she tends to look like an AFL umpire reluctantly allowing a goal.
— Annabel Crabb, Gillard, Rudd and Labor’s personality tragedy.
We’re comfortably in the very good middle of the season here. Davies and the guest writers are doing really interesting stuff. Everyone’s happy. Rave: Ncuti is just amazing at the end of the story. After the monster at the end of the book is revealed to be... racism,
Constraints make for interesting results. Ncuti Gatwa still had to finish Sex Education (which he was amazing in) and so Millie Gibson handles one episode all by herself, with Davies in full “Midnight” mode. Rave: Just beautifully judged spookiness throughout the story. If I’m picking one bit (and I
This story reminded me that while I love almost all Doctor Who in one way or another... I really love Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who. Rant: I love the general idea of everything, and the aggressive criticism of the military industrial complex... but the “we’re fighting ourselves” thing seemed
I’m finding writing reviews dull, which is why I’ve missed basically the entire season. I’m trying a new format which feels less tedious; Rant and Rave. I get the worst part of the story out of my system in rant, and then rave about my favourite bit.