[pressgang] Series 1 - Episode 4 DEADLINE

[Vince Deehan]

PRESS GANG

Series 1

Episode 4 - Deadline

Watched Mon 7/2/2022

This morning I watched the 4th episode of Series 1, DEADLINE. It’s been
ages since I saw this one and at first it seemed totally unfamiliar, until
my memories of it came back to me.

I liked the scene where Kenny is sent to Mr Sullivan’s house to interview
him about his sewage problems. The way he stands outside the door repeating
his opening line in different ways, reminded me of myself when I get
nervous and have to go and ask someone a question but don’t feel confident
I will be able to get the words out correctly and in the right order.

Just before this scene, Kenny tells Lynda that Mr Sullivan “hates me”. No
way on earth could that be true. Kenny is completely adorable and no one
could ever hate him. Maybe it was just Steven Moffat’s way of showing that
Kenny has a low opinion of himself?

Laura mentioned bad acting in this episode, but the only offender I can see
is the actor who plays Sarah’s boyfriend, Gary Morris. In the scene when
they are walking along the street together, his voice is clearly dubbed. I
assumed this meant that a different actor#s voice was used to replace the
actor we see on screen. However in a later scene at the party, the actor
playing Gary Morris is shown speaking and it really does appear to be his
voice. His acting is really, really off. Kelda Holmes has lots of great
scene and delivers her lines brilliantly! I will always stick up for Kelda,
sorry Laura.

Just looked up the actor who plays Gary. Turns out to be a very interesting
chap.

“Tristan Mark Maguire, professionally known as Mack Pádraig McGuire, is an
Irish/Portuguese artist, specialising in performance based character
study.” https://www.mackmcguire.com/biog

I enjoyed the scenes at Tommy Anderson’s house. Tommy is played by the
actor/comedian

Jim Sweeney who was a regular on the show WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and other
comedy shows around this time. Very funny scene when Colin’s grandmother
turns up and tries to get

Tommy to give her a lift to the shop. I love the way she says the line “Ya
rumbled me”, like she was in a black and white 1950s gangster movie and the
way that Tommy then replies “That’s right, sweetheart” in the style of
Humphrey Bogart.

I love the look of Tommy’s house. He has a Grandfather Clock! Very classy
and cool.

The whole thing about ‘what is it that Tommy is famous for’ is funny but
also kind of odd, as others have pointed out that it’s so similar to the
‘what did Spike do at the school disco’ scenario from the first episode.
For some reason, I always assume that Tommy Anderson is a famous wrestler.
Though the actor Jim Sweeney doesn’t look at all like a wrestler.

One thing I noticed today that struck me as odd, is the brutal haircut that
Frazz has. I guess he probably had it from the start, but it really caught
my eye today. What’s funny about it, is that particular haircut is very
much in fashion at the moment. At least in the UK. It looks absolutely
awful on 99 percent of men, but for some reason many men really want to
walk around looking like someone just gave them the worst haircut ever. It
appears to be a mass delusion, but I digress. Mmoloki Chrystie was rocking
this haircut back in 1989.

This was another great and enjoyable episode.

I look forward to watching episode 5 next week.

Thanks for reading.

Vince

https://youtu.be/h7HpqiFqKGU
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