TV: Capital case study
Reviews and Features 1) What positive points does the review pick out about Capital ? What criticisms are made - either of the TV drama or the original novel? The review mentions how the producers were able to fit so many representations into one street and how they show everything that’s wonderful but also everything that’s most terrible. However, it also criticises capital for being too stereotypical/simple when it comes to it’s characters as the characters traits are being over exaggerated (e.g the bankers wife, Arabela). 2) What references can you find in the reviews and feature to the idea Capital is a 'state-of-the-nation' drama? How does it capture modern-day London? In the review, it mentions that London “has cancer” which shows how capital, and the street focused on in the show, are a smaller model used to represent the whole of the nation and the troubles it is going through. This same idea is also referenced in the feature which says ‘ Capital offers a micro...