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I’m With Stupid, the latest comedy offering from the Beeb, is good in
theory, though not really in practice.
The basic premise is that Sheldon, played by Mark Benton (the big guy
with the curly hair from the Nationwide Building Society adverts), a
homeless vagabond, befriends Paul (Paul Henshall, best known from his
time in Holby City), a wheelchair-bound care home resident with Cerebral
Palsy, and thus their dysfunctional relationship begins.
Sheldon, without ever really intending to, offers the lonely Paul
friendship, and in return Paul offers him a place to kip.
Hilarity is supposed to ensue, though it never really does.
OK, so there are a few moments that make you chuckle, such as Sheldon
trying to leave the care home by climbing atop a wheelie bin and
launching his burly frame over the gate.
When he can’t quite get out, you can’t but yell “It doesn’t work like
that” towards your TV.
After that though, there’s very little to giggle about.
The idea the programme-makers want to get across, or so it would seem,
is that here we have two people rejected by society who form an unlikely
bond out of mutual necessity, and it’s a good idea.
As is the emphasis that that those with disabilities are just regular
people trying to lead ordinary lives.
All this would perhaps make for a great drama, whereas, even though you
as a comedy, I’m With Stupid is supposed to put a light-hearted spin on
the situation, sadly, it just doesn’t work like that.
Recommended Links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/im_with_stupid/index.shtml - Official
I’m With Stupid page from the BBC.
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