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May 25, 2005
The one where Purple Elephant falls in love (again)
Did I mention that Meera Syal is my latest crush? (You may laugh but during the election campaign I was madly in love with Andrew Marr. My God did I just admit to that?) I’ve thrown myself right on top of this bandwagon and I’m just going with the flow. I laughed, cried and leaped with joy watching the TV series of Life isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee, rushed straight out and got all the books and hell if there was a t-shirt or a postcard, I’d be right at the front of that queue.
Thankfully I’ve not yet purchased a pack of bindi or taken out a bank loan so I can own one of those sari skirts from Monsoon because there is just a touch more to multiculturalism than wearing the imitation gear every time it comes back in fashion but I digress…
Where was I? Oh yes last night’s show. Loved every last second of it, especially the first forty minutes, which consisted of a child, who coming to think of it looked not at all dissimilar to my daughter, banging the screen with something resembling a bathroom sponge, shouting at the top of her voice ‘I’m hammering Mummy’s favourite TV programme.’ Very surreal and postmodern, a bit out of the keeping with the rest of it but I guess art would be dull if we weren’t pushing those boundaries all the time. What’s that? You don’t remember that bit? Well maybe it was a regional variation or something…
Despite the fact that I have a colossal pile of books that I must tackle, I am in fact going to read Life isn’t all.. first, there was so much in the series that was touched upon that I hope is explored a little more in the book. I even had a dream about the whole thing last night, which is just WRONG!
I hope I’m not giving too much away by raving on about the ending, I thought it was a great touch, it wasn’t a sensationalist or a happy ever after but not at all depressing or anti climatic either. I had been worrying about the finale to the novel I’ve been writing that somehow the reader would feel a little let down because there isn’t a huge explosion or a fairy tale sunset, it’s more of a ‘and there was the potential for everyone to live happier ever after’ which is rather the same impression I got last night.
Oh and that scene right near the end with Chila, Deepak and the baby in the park (again being vague so as to not spoil it for those who haven’t seen it yet) was the most inspired bit of TV I’ve seen in a long time…
I’ve finished gushing now..
Posted by purple elephant at May 25, 2005 07:22 PM