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| Innocent. |
Fiz had finally been given a taste of her own medicine after
blaming Ruby for all the recent incidents in the Stape / Dobbs household, letting Hope off the hook. Now
the truth was out Fiz had learned an important lesson but perhaps a little too
late. As she tried to deal with the aftermath over at Chesney’s she forcefully
told her daughter to be kind as Hope went off to play with Joseph. I don’t know
why, but that line really stood out for me. She didn’t say “behave” or “play
nice” – she said “be kind” and I liked that. Perhaps she was reminding herself
to do the same.
Sally & Tim’s wallpaper / fresco fiasco turned success
made me laugh. I sometimes get the impression Sally is turning into a more pretentious
version of Hilda Ogden – even more so now she’s got a feature wall. The couple
bickered at home and in the Rovers before inevitably Tim caved in to Sally’s
domestic demands. When Tim made the big reveal after paying Kirk to put the knock-off
paper up, I suspected Sally would go mad. She did not. She loved it. Or at
least the thought she should give the impression she loved it because the kind
of person she would aspire to be would love it. She thinks. It also made me
think of Jack and Vera in the episode where they install bar-like drinks optics
into the dining room. “It’s a touch o’ class that. A real touch o’ class.”
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| Sally explodes as Tim arrives home drunk again |
Sean’s bedroom tales
More insignificant but enjoyable scenes came in Sean’s
haircut anecdotes from his previous night of passion. His camp enthusiasm and
unwillingness to let Maria in on the conversation made for hilarious watching –
even if poor David was within earshot of the conversation.
I see dead people
What a coup to get Sophie Thomson in Coronation Street. With
her she’s brought a great opportunity to reminisce about loved characters long
dead. And some very much unloved characters long dead too. We all know she’s not
talking to the dead – even if it would be wonderful to hear from ‘Our Alfie’
after all these years. So of course 'something’s' coming – will it be connected to the return of Lewis and Claudia? We’ll soon find out. In any case we’ve
been given more scenes with Audrey, which is always welcome, especially when
she’s sharing a bottle or two of vino with her daughter. Corrie perfection.
RTS award
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| The Boss |
It’s been a bit of a fractious few weeks between Corrie, its
fans and the media. Kate Oates has come under some heavy criticism for months
now about the show’s dark and more dramatic scenes involving murder, sexual assault
and addiction. There’s more of that to come soon with Pat Phelan’s leaving
storyline, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Even if in recent
interviews Kate has stubbornly held her ground on how she wishes to run Corrie,
I think the powers that be are listening. The UK tabloid The Daily Star
recently took my interview with writer Martina Cole and exacerbated the issue
by putting a negative twist of our chat on its front page. We can really do without
that. And this week Corrie won a prestigious RTS award (best soap and continuing
drama) so now it’s onwards an upwards for our favourite show.
Let’s hope writers remember the words “be kind” when putting
pen to paper over the coming months.
@StevieDawson
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