mostly david ephgrave

Last night I watched about half an episode of a prime-time sitcom that was so broad I had to turn it off. Naming the programme would be petty, so let’s just say the title falls somewhere between ‘Citizen Smith’ and ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’.  A couple of friends had already given me the heads-up that I probably wouldn’t like it – but like a moth to a flame (or a voyeur driving past a car crash), I was drawn towards it against my will.   The problem may be more to do with me than the programme; it's possible that I take comedy too seriously and have a far too high expectation of what it should achieve. I’m not completely sure that is the case, though: I don’t watch something new hoping it will fail; I really do want to be entertained. It’s also not meant as a personal attack on the people involved; I understand that they are writing and performing to a format – and that this sort of programme has its place. I do understand that there...