Further down the street a more public love triangle had been unfolding for several months in the form of Eileen, Paul and Paul's wife, Lesley, who had early-onset Alzheimer's Disease. Fireman Paul had arrived in Eileen's life in true romantic hero fashion, their eyes meeting as he freed her head from some railings in an unfortunate birthday-related incident. As the story unfolded, we watched Eileen (played by the sublime Sue Cleaver) as she first dealt with the realisation that Paul was married and then as she wrestled her conscience when she occupied the simultaneous roles of both Lesley's carer and Paul's lover. From a storylining perspective, I can understand why Lesley was killed off, though her death felt a little premature. Personally, I would have liked to have seen the complexities and dilemmas of these relationships explored over a longer period of time.
Like most Northern Lasses, I enjoy a good giggle and Corrie is rightly praised for its humour. Indeed, life in Weatherfield would be a poorer place indeed without Norris “the mole” Cole, his obsessive campervan-dwelling sidekick Mary and the walking daft ha'peth that is Kirk Sutherland. But life on t'street is certainly no sitcom or walk on the Red Rec for that matter. For me, Coronation Street is at its best, its humour at its richest, when its characters are in the thick of it, battling with the complexities and confusions of life, just like the rest of us.
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2 comments:
Karl carries on the Jack Duckworth tradition of taking your pleasures where you find them. Sunita was such a dreary character, it's hard to know what motivates her. I wish the writers had turned her into a successful businesswoman rather than a desperate housewife. Same applies to Sally and Gail. Seems like they don't know what to do with the mature women in Corrie.
I found the whole Sunita/Karl affair just not believable in any way. Not that they aren't good actors (well..Shobna anyway) but the chemistry was just not there. A couple of slaps and a grope on her arse was just ... WTF was that supposed to be? Foreplay? Really..the director should have brought this to a head slowly but it was way too rushed IMO and the storyline fell flat and became just embarassing. Now that it's coming to an end...it's just another oh well..chalk it up to bad writing. Corrie is better than this. Two OTT cringeworthy affairs (and I'll bet it was the same writer behind both) is really the pits IMO.
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