Stephen Fry and John Bird star as spin doctors Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe bringing the popular and satirical Radio 4 comedy Absolute Power to BBC 2. Written by media commentator Mark Lawson writers Andy Rattenbury (Teachers) and Guy Andrews (Chancer) Absolute Power casts a witty and acerbic eye on the machinations of PR gurus and does for the PR industry what Drop The Dead Donkey did for the newsroom. Stephen as Prentiss and John as McCabe are a
What can be said? Stephen Fry has the comedic equivalent of the Midas touch. However, this is to take nothing away from the witty writing and plots as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University. The dialogue is masterful in its creation and is perfect for Fry's naturally glib but ingenious delivery.
Mr. Fry is by no means the only star of the show. His partner in crime, John Bird, is also very well-suited to his role as the understated but never-the-less generally wise one and the other characters all have their place and have been created for a purpose, balancing different personalities and perspectives superbly within one industry, that of Public Relations.
It's funny, fresh and clever but certainly not for everyone. It's not your typical sit-com by any stretch of the imagination. There's no love story and no regular social rendezvous for a start!
'Absolute Power' does not need any of the conventional mouldings. It would merely break them anyway.
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